Access Forms ISYS 562
Components of a Form Form Header, Form Footer Page Header, Page Footer Detail Section Controls
Bound and Unbound Forms A bound form is a form that is tied to either a table or query. –Form’s Record Source property Unbound form: –Example: Switchboard
Form Properties Format Data Event Other
Creating a Form Form/New –Design View –Form Wizard –Auto Forms Customize the Generated Form using the Design View
Add Additional Controls Examples: –Toolbox Textbox with expression –=Count(SID) –=IIF(GPA < 2.0,”Bad”,”Good”)
Data Validation Table design view Form –Textbox Data tab
Conditional Formatting At form design view: –Format/Conditional formatting
ReadOnly Form Form properties: –Form/Data: –Set no to: Allow Edit, Allow delete, Allow Deletion, Data Entry
Main/Sub Form 1. Create a join query and use the join query to create a form. 2. Using Form Wizard: –Add two tables
Main/SubForm with Total 1.Create a textbox in subform’s form footer: =Count(sid) 2.Create a textbox in main form’s footer: = [subform name],[Form]!TextBoxName
Form Design View ToolBox and Wizards
ToolBox: View/Toolbar/ToolBox
Command Button Wizard
Option Group Wizard
ComboBox Wizard
ListBox Wizard
Creating Reports
Report Sections Report Header/Footer –View/Report Header, Footer Page Header/Footer –View/Page Header, Footer Group Header/Footer –View/Sorting and grouping Detail section
Creating Reports Design view –Format/Condition formatting –Group subtotal Adding textbox Report Wizard
SwitchBoard Manager Tools/Database Utilities/SwitchBoard Manager SwitchBoard window: –Main form –New: Add a new switchboard form –Edit: Edit items on a switchboard form Edit switchboard window: –New: Add a new item on a form –Edit