Re: PREVIOUS NEXT SUBMIT command button on Tab***

From: Tom (anynomys_at_newsgroup.com)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:38:45 -0500

Ed:

Thanks for the reply...

As you indicated, I am not referring to 'navigation buttons' to moved back
and forth between "records".

What I was referring to is to use command button which are named e.g. "Next,
Previous, etc."

I inserted now 5 pages into my tabcontrol ***. Their page indices are:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (which were created by default).

Their "Names" (Other tab) are: Page1, Page2, Page3, Page4, Page5

Now, you suggested to use an OnClick event and create a few lines of code.
My question to you is the following:

What's the exact property that will allow me to navigate back and forth?

Also, how would I write it...

"Me.PageIndex = Me.PageIndex -1" for a Previous button
and
"Me.PageIndex = Me.PageIndex +1" for a Next button

Thanks,
Tom

"Ed Robichaud" <edrobichaud@wdn.com> wrote in message
news:smRFd.104$4K3.22358@monger.newsread.com...
> Not sure about your nav controls (Previous/Next in the form's footer
usually
> means go to previous/next record, since users are used to clicking on the
> labeled Tab itself) however, you can use brief code on the OnClick event
of
> your Prev/Next buttons to set the "page index" number of your tab
> controls/pages so that the first page =0 and the "next" page=1 for all
> situations.
> -Ed
>
> "Tom" <anonomys@home.com> wrote in message
> news:%23im%23OTj%23EHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to get some good idea as to how I can create command buttons
> > (PREVIOUS, NEXT, and SUBMIT) efficiently on a tab***.
> >
> > Here's what I currently have:
> > 1. Unbound form with a 1 tabcontrol (2 sheets so far... there will be a
> > bunch more though)
> > 2. In the Form Footer, I placed a PREVIOUS | NEXT | and SUBMIT button
> > 3. Depending on the active page & some textbox criteria (e.g. "have all
> > textboxes been completed"), the 3 buttons are either enabled or
disabled.
> > 4. As of now, I can easily go back and forth between the 2 pages. The
3
> > buttons also do a validation check if all textboxes have been completed
on
> > the active page (before I actually switch to the other page). For
that,
> > I have OnEvent functions that call these validation checks.
> >
> > Okay, here's now the dilemman I'm facing:
> > A. I need to add a bunch of additional worksheets
> > B. Because of that, the PREVIOUS and NEXT command buttons in the footer
> > appear not to be the right choice any longer. For instance (as of now),
> > NEXT calls "Page2" and PREVIOUS calls "Page1". Well, if I were on
Page7
> > and want to go to Page 6 I would click PREVIOUS... that however would
> > bring up Page1 instead. The same would apply for the NEXT button.
> > Hence, my current approach won't work any longer.
> >
> > So, my question is:
> > 1. Is there a way to not hard-code some of the OnEvent functions based
on
> > the Control Name?
> > 2. If yes, how would I create these "dynamic command/navigation buttons"
> > that would still call the validation functions... depending on the
current
> > "position" (page)?
> >
> > I'd appreciate any pointers as to how I could best acccomplish this.
> >
> > Thanks so much in advance,
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > I uploaded the SurveySample.zip to
> > http://tombock2004.i8.com/Test/
> >
> >
> >
>
>