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chamster
09-10-2007, 03:31 AM
I'm about to add some forms to controll the application i've been sweating out the last weeks and now i wonder which of the followng is the most recommended approach in the long run.

a. Simply add the controlls directly to a sheet?
b. Use the WUSIWYG designer to create a custom form?
c. Other?

The form will contain a number of components but is not going to be reused, most likely.

rory
09-10-2007, 04:12 AM
The answer depends on what your application does, and whether you need controls from the Control Toolbox or whether the ones from the Forms toolbar will do for you. The controls from the control toolbox aren't as stable on worksheets as the Forms ones, but they are more flexible.

chamster
09-10-2007, 05:38 AM
I'm going to do only the things i mentioned before, actually, not even all of them. The project has got degraded GUI to only include a year/month and a route (picked from a set of 11 different possibilities).

I'm guessing i can go either way and it'll be fine.

rory
09-10-2007, 06:00 AM
For something that simple, you might just use Data Validation dropdowns on a worksheet.