Database Reference
In-Depth Information
When you create a navigation form, it is displayed in Layout view so that you can begin to
design it. The functionality of the form is supplied by a navigation control that consists of
a placeholder for a navigation button and a subform or subreport control. When you drag a
form or report from the Navigation pane to the button placeholder, the Navigation Target
Name property on the Data page of the button's Property Sheet pane is set to the name
of the form or report, and that name is also displayed on the button. (You can change the
name on the button by changing its Caption property.) The form or report itself is displayed
in the subform or subreport control. A new placeholder navigation button is added to the
navigation bar, ready to receive the next form or report you insert.
This navigation form has the Horizontal Tabs layout, three buttons, and a subform.
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A navigation form makes a convenient “home page” for a database, especially if it is dis-
played automatically when the database is opened. Providing a default startup page makes
it easy for users of the database to quickly access the database objects they are most likely
to need to work with.
In this exercise, you'll create a datasheet form for viewing existing customers and a form for
entering new customer information. You'll create a simple two-level navigation form to pro-
vide easy access to the customer information, and you'll add three forms and a report to it.
