User Interface Tutorial Using the Switchboard Manager

What is the Switchboard Manager? Simple form-based mechanism for creating user interface Two purposes: provides menu-based access to all of a database's tables, forms, queries, and reports prevents user from changing the database structures and objects you have created in the application

Switchboard for Valle Coffee Database

Step 1. Run Switchboard Manager

Step 2. Create Default Switchboard

Step 3. Create Additional Switchboards

Step 4. Add Menus to Each Switchboard

Step 5. Select Command for Each Item Ampersand ‘&’ identifies Alt shortcut key (Alt-C).

Step 6. Include Return to Main Menu