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Copper Contributor

Sep 18, 2020

Adding a new sheet in existing form - is it possible?

I have a form. In that I need to add a sheet(like in excel). So when you open you can select between select sheet one(CMDB) ore sheet to be created(Decommed Servers) Is it possible to add another...

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Woldman

Iron Contributor

Sep 18, 2020

MichaelF35

You can do this with subforms. First, create (sub)forms for CMDB and Decommed Servers. I called them SubCMDB and SubDecommedservers. Next, create a blank form and add the subforms to the blank main form through the Design-tab with this control:

You can place the subforms next to each other like this:

And when you open the form in View mode it looks like this:

Hope this fulfills your request.

Best wishes,

Tieme

MichaelF35

Copper Contributor

Sep 18, 2020

Woldman

I tried but forms does not come up as sheets:

George_Hepworth
Silver Contributor
Sep 18, 2020
MichaelF35
PMFJI:
I would do this on a tab control unless you want to see both subforms simultaneously.

On the tab control you can insert many subforms, each of which is, in turn, displayed as a datasheet.

Finally, I think your future ACCESS development work will go much smoother if you try to focus more on the Access environment and much, much less on the Excel environment. Excel is a wonderful tool for the purposes it is intended for, but Access is a much better tool for developing relational database applications. And that's what you are now developing.
Woldman
Iron Contributor
Sep 18, 2020
MichaelF35
If you open the subforms in Design view you can set the forms properties for
Default View to Datasheet
Allow Datasheet View to Yes
and then the subforms should be shown as sheets.