Switchboard doesnot show up

[Guest]

I know where to get the switchboard;tools, database utilities, switchboard
manager. I have a textbook that has a project and i have done everything the
book says; to do for the switchboard to appear, but the switchboard doesnot
appear. I have checked in the forms, tables, reports, queries, macros and
pages but still no switchboard. I have deleted everything that i did and
redid it but the switchboard still does not appear.
The book that I am doing the work from is Database Projects in Access for
Advanced Level 2nd edition by Julian Mott and Ian Rendell.
Please help. Someone.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

I don't have the book you mentioned but to get the Switchboard Form to
appear when the database is opened, you need to set it up as the Start-up
Form or use AutoMacro (which is executed when the database is opened) to
open it.

To set it as the Start-up Form, use the Menu Tools / Start-up options ...

 

[Guest]

Has a switchboard ever been created in this database?

On the menu click on VIEW - Database Objects - Forms. See if there is a
form title Switchboard or some such title.

Otherwise go through your utilities and create one.

The switchboard form uses a table named Switchboard Items for it's list of
button labels and commands. You can check for this also.