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    LarryJ is offline Novice
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    Design Question

    In the attached screenshot, you will see the 4 popup forms for a project I have been working for fun.


    The form in the back is just showing a jpg, and I plan to keep it a popup form.
    The small form in the front can be opened by the other 2 forms.
    The form named Create Lineups, fills the yellow and turquoise boxes in the main form.
    I originally had those 2 on one form, but decided to separate them so the main form wouldn't take up so much space on the screen.
    So my question for you all is, am I better off keeping them all popups or is there another, possibly better, approach to handling those 3 forms?
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    Micron is offline Virtually Inert Person
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    I guess it depends on how you want to interact with them. If I had to continually mouse over and click on them in order to be able to relate data between them I think I'd find that tiresome. Also, if you're opening formB to add data that formA needs then IMO the subsequent form would have to be modal, and that won't work if more forms have to be opened to support the effort. An alternative might be a main form with subforms, but again, it depends on what you're doing with these forms.
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    LarryJ is offline Novice
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    I was just trying out the main with subs idea right before I read your reply. If I can get them lined up just right, that may be the way I go.

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