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How do I activate the Control Wizard when designing Forms.

Anonymous
2024-03-12T14:01:45+00:00

I've upgraded from Access 10 to MS 365. When I built Forms in the previous version of Access and added a button to my form a wizard would pop up and request information and build the button for me. When I add a Button to a form now, that's all it does; it doesn't ask the questions to build the button. I've tried with "Use Control Wizard" both selected and not selected but nothing happens. What have I missed? If it's relevant, I'm running under Windows 11.

TIA.

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  1. DBG 11,711 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-03-12T14:34:58+00:00

    In the Form Design tab, click on the dropdown arrow on the bottom right and make sure Use Control Wizards is enabled.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T19:54:10+00:00

    That sounds interesting - I've never thought of doing that. I'll give it a go tomorrow. Thanks for the tip.

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  3. ScottGem 68,810 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-03-12T17:50:28+00:00

    I ALWAYS design my subforms as stand alone forms and then embed them in the main form. This makes it easy to work on the subforms separately.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-12T14:56:46+00:00

    As mentioned, I tried with it selected and not selected. I just started experimented and found that it's because I'm adding the button in the Subform. I've just tried adding a button to the main form and the Control Wizard appeared. I'll start playing around in the subform and see if I can sort it out. Thanks.

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