Mr Lowe's Lessons...
The Home Environment Topic
Estate Agent's Topic - Setting up
a House Database
You are now ready to set up a...
A "switchboard" is a window that has
buttons on it that make it easier to use your database
Instructions for Setting up a SWITCHBOARD
- Click the "Tools" menu and select "Database
Utilities"
- Then click "Switchboard Manager"
- Click "Yes" on the next screen that asks if you
want to set up a switchboard
- Click "Edit" on the Switchboard Manager window
- Click "New" on the Edit Switchboard window
- In the "Text" field type - Add a New Property
- In the "Command" field select "Open form
in Add Mode"
- In the "Form" Field select your House form
- Then Click "OK"
- Close the "Edit Switchboard window"
- Close the "Switchboard Manager" window
- Double Click the "Switchboard" in the forms window...
What happens?
If you have got this far you should now have a switchboard
on your database - Well Done
You can now use this button on the switchboard to bring up a
form to enter new details of properties...
We can also add other buttons to do other tasks on your database
such as searching for certain information.
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