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Auto Sort on Main Menu
Kenneth A Thomas 
       
16 hours ago
If you check out the attached Screen of the current view of my Main Menu, you will notice that I have my forms listed into 2 groups; Forms (or Standar Forms) and CB Forms (Combo Box Forms) and 1 list for Reports.  Up until now, any time I make and add a new form or report, I have to manually rearrange buttons any time I add a new Form or Report.  Is there a way to program the Main Menu to resort the buttons on command after adding?
Kenneth A Thomas OP  @Reply  
       
16 hours ago

Debbie Heaney  @Reply  
     
16 hours ago
For me, this is the frustrating part of hanging around online support forms.
I can think of a way but can't explain it well enough for other to follow along.

Richard has a series of videos ( 6 parts ) called "Big Button Forms" starting at https://599cd.com/blog/display-article.asp?ID=3296

With a bit of a redesign on your system this can be adapted to suit your needs.
Your Main Menu would start with three buttons, one for each category of form.
Then separate tables for each Form Type.
Then the buttons would update to suit your selections.

Cascading Comboboxes as a Main Menu is also a possibility, or cascading Listboxes.
Working in much the same manner as the Big Buttons.
Debbie Heaney  @Reply  
     
16 hours ago
I have a YouTube link too another video from Richard that might help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMnsrw8-ao
Move Up Down Buttons for Reordering Records in Microsoft Access - Fitness 77.

As you add new buttons to the Main Menu then you can use this technique to quickly rearrange the sort order in the underlying tables.

Kenneth A Thomas OP  @Reply  
       
16 hours ago
Thank you, Debbie.  I will have to consider this for when I have time to redesign my Main Menu.  In the meantime, I wleocme any other suggestions or ideas.
Kevin Yip  @Reply  
     
10 hours ago
Sorting would be quite unwieldy in this situation because all the X Y positions of every button on the form would have to be changed whenever any change is made.

If it doesn't have to be buttons, consider using hyperlink text as menu items.  The picture below is actually a subform with all borders turned off, text retrieved from a table (that can be easily sorted), and text formatted as clickable hyperlinks, which will run the OnClick event to perform the desired action.

A textbox has a property that allows the text to be always shown as a hyperlink.  When the user hovers over the link, the mouse pointer will turn into a finger icon.
Kevin Yip  @Reply  
     
10 hours ago

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