On 12/3/10 12:45 PM, Grant Paton-Simpson wrote: > Hi Paul, > > It was the second that I meant - the ability to have a main form with a > linked subform. For example, you might have a main form displaying > editable data for a specific teacher such as name, qualifications etc, > and a linked subform (linked by a teacher id) displayed on the main > form, containing a list of student records (name, contact details etc) > for students of that teacher. I briefly skimmed the wiki looking for > guidance on how to do that but I didn't see it labelled in the > terminology I was expecting. Is there a wiki page on this specific > process that can get me started? Apologies if I am asking something > obvious to experienced DABO users but I am deciding whether this is > worth investing a lot of time in or not. > > In MS Access, I would make a subform e.g. fsub_students and put on the > student controls e.g. txtfname. The underlying table might be > students. I would then make a form called frm_teachers and add controls > like txtqualifications. I would also add the control fsub_students > selecting teacherid as the linked field. I could also choose to display > the subform data as continuous forms or as a datasheet for example. I > might also decide to allow data entry into the subform. > > > All the best, Grant
All I have time right now to say is "yes, you could do all that with Dabo." I promise to try to whip up some examples someday but I'm overcommitted right now (have been for going on 4 years now). Can anyone else offer some examples for Grant? Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
