Re: Accept input for unknown number of options

Thanks for your thoughts. I will try it out and whine again :)

Hadavidi

"John Vinson" wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:35:03 -0700, "Hadavidi"
> <Hadavidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >My worry is about how to take the inout from the form. For instance, when
> >someone is entering the information in a form, let's say they enter one
> >address, then they see there is another address. Or may be another and
> >another. So, for the person entering the information via the form, my idea
> >is that we should be able to provide a way to take any variations in the
> >number of addresses i.e. for a person within the database someone may have
> >one address, while some may have 15 addresses. So, would you suggest having a
> >sub-form? My question I believe may be a bit vague but ideally what I am
> >thinking should happen is that when a user enters the information, a pop-up
> >should come up and ask would like to add another address. Depending on the
> >response appropriate action should kick in. What would be the script code
> >look like to perform this.
>
> Simply use a continuous Subform, sized to show (at least) two
> addresses. The user will see the first two addresses, and if you leave
> the navigation bar on the form, will see how many addresses there are
> in all; and will be able to scroll up and down to look at those that
> are out of view. After adding a new address they'll automatically be
> put into the input "new" record for yet another new address.
>
> John W. Vinson[MVP]
>
.

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