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Tue 8 Jan 2008, 13:36 Delegate Iain said...

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Command to move to the Table objects window

Hi!

I've got a button on a form to close the form and I'd like to make it move to the Tables window when I click on it.

I tried...

DoCmd.GoToControl (Tables)

and

Dim db As Database
Set db = CurrentDb()

db.objects.Tables.SetFocus

...but neither worked.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Wed 6 Feb 2008, 16:47 Trainer Carlos said...

RE: Command to move to the Table objects window

Hi Iain

I have looked at this and consulted with some collegues and the general opinion is you cannot use code to go to a specific view of the database.

This may be due to to the fact that in most Access databases the tables are hiden from the user.

Sorry if I couldn't help more

Carlos

Thu 3 Apr 2008, 10:40 Delegate Iain said...

RE: Command to move to the Table objects window

Carlos

I found the code that can do this in the Northwind db, so thought I'd post it in case its of use.

Private Sub cmdGoToTablesWindow_Click()

DoCmd.Close
DoCmd.SelectObject acTable, "Core", True

End Sub

...where "Core" is the name of one of your tables. I presume it will work for forms, reports etc.

Iain

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