short answer: works like a charm. for longer answer, see in-line
comments. Thanks so much! WalterAM
Ross Johnson wrote:
Walter A. March wrote:
The one I am interested in in this message is getting a navigation bar
on a subform. Some of my subforms I would like to put combos or list
boxes on but once you do that, it is a little difficult to determine
which record you are on in the subform.
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking here, but it sounds like
the problem may not be the navigation bar. Maybe if you provide a
little more information on the relationship between the list/combo box
and the subform. E.g. do you want the list/combo box selection to
change the record displayed in the subform, or is it the other way
around?
Anyway, to possibly save you some researching, here is a quick summary
of what I know about attaching navigation bars to subforms:-
Usually in OOo, the main navigation toolbar automatically switches to
the form or subform currently in focus. But this can be changed
through the "Navigation bar" property of the form or subform (in form
properties Data tab). The default setting here is "Yes". Other options
are "No" (the main navigation bar doesn't switch to control this form
or subform), and "Parent" (the main navigation bar controls this
subform's parent form or subform whenever this subform has focus. If
you have subforms within subforms then, by setting all nested subforms
to "Parent" leaves the navigation toolbar controlling the main form.
You can also add a navigation control to the subform itself, in the
same way you add other controls to the subform. I often do this and
leave the main navigation toolbar controlling the parent form
(selecting "Parent" as described above). Note that you can turn
subgroups of buttons in the navigation control on or off via the
control's properties.
Excellent. That is exactly it. I had found that same answer some where
else but, being only hours into my use of OOo, I ended up putting the
navigation bar on the main form and I couldn't get straight whether I
wanted Yes, No, Parent or Guardian ;)
If the subform is a table control then you also have the option of
using the table control's built-in navigation controls, whichcan be
turned on or off via a control property.
Right. What I was saying, clumsily, in the original post, was the table
control wasn't pretty enough. Though I do now see that Date fields can
have that beautiful calendar control.
Ross
Thanks so much for the excellent help!
WalterAM
If this answer is readily available somewhere, I apologize! I'm a
terrible searcher!
Thanks,
WalterAM
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