Using the Switchboard Manager, can you add more than 8 items?
Sure, but why would you want to?
Adding a 9th or 10th etc. button is no problem, hoewever you cannot
edit the extra buttons using the switchboard manager. Any changes on
those buttons will have to be done manually.
Here's how.
In design view, select the 8th button. Copy it. Paste it.
Drag this new button and label and align it under the others.
Name this button "Option9".
Change the button's Click Event to:
=HandleButtonClick(9)
Rename the attached label
"OptionLabel9"
Change it's Click event to:
=HandleButtonClick(9)
Open the switchboard code window and change
Const conNumButtons = 8
to
Const conNumButtons = 9
Close the code window and save the changes.
Open the SwitchboardItems table
Add a new record.
The actual data depends upon what you want the new button to do.
Let's say you wish to open a form for editing.
SwitchboardID = 1
Item Number = 9
Item Text = Open form whatever (this is the label text)
Command = 3 this is the constant number to open a form for editing)
Argument = frmWhatever (this is the actual name of the form)
Add additional buttons using the same method.
Change SwitchboardID to whatever the actual Switchboard number is.
Again , you won't be able to use the manager to edit the additional
button. You'll need to do it in the SwitchboardItem table.
A better solution to adding more buttons is to either use one of the 8
buttons to open a second switchboard, or, even better, create your own
switchboard using an unbound form with command buttons. You can have
as many buttons as you wish, more control over what it looks like and
what it will do, plus future maintenance will be easier.
