Using Tabbed controls and Command Buttons together

[SSUTTON]

Hi:

I would like to use a tabbed control to break a large form down into parts for easy viewing. I also want to be able to add new records, remove records, search, first, previous, next, and last command buttons. How do I do that when I am only using a tabbed control as my form please? Thank you. I am using Windows 8.1 and Access 2007.

[June7]

The tab control is used to organize controls bound to the form's RecordSource - no subforms on the tab control? If so, command buttons on form will work just as if tab control was not there.

[SSUTTON]

my Tabbed control object will have 4 or 5 tabs and a sub form on each tab ( I am intending it to be my form)? Do I still put buttons on the main form? Thank you.

[June7]

Can certainly put buttons on main form, however, if what you want are buttons for code to manipulate records of each subform, probably better to set the subforms as Continuous View and put buttons on the forms that are used as subforms.

[SSUTTON]

DO I only place one set of buttons on the first tab and that will control the rest of the tabs? I am spreading one table over several tabs. Is that what is meant by continuous?Thank you for helping me with this.

[June7]

I don't understand why you are using subforms.

[SSUTTON]

To display the information on the tabbed control.

[June7]

Don't need subforms to display the data from one table on tab control.

If you are actually displaying a different table on each page of tab control - that is different.

[SSUTTON]

I will have 4 or 5 tabs. Not sure how many yet but at least 4. How do I find Continuous? What option is that?

Thank you again for helping me.

[June7]

Set Continuous View in DefaultView property of form.

Still not clear what you will display on tab control. Do you want to display data from multiple tables?

[SSUTTON]

If I am not using subforms where do I put my buttons now? On the main form?

[SSUTTON]

I am using tabbed controls to spread data out that comes from a table with many fields? I want the data to be viewed easily. I found the continuous option! Thank you.

[June7]

If you are displaying data from ONLY one table, don't use subforms.

Bind form to the table (or query) and then drag textboxes (or comboboxes, listboxes, etc) to pages of tab control.

[SSUTTON]

Do you put the buttons on the tab control then or under it (on the main form) if you have continuous?

[June7]

If not using subforms, put buttons directly on the form, not on tab control.