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04 – Database Design: Forms

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Session Aims & Objectives• Aims

– To allow easier data entry using forms

• Objectives,by end of this week’s sessions, you should be able to:

– create a form that allows data entry into a table

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Table Interface• currently we can enter data into a table

• cannot always see all fields– fields too long

• not very usable (user-friendly)

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Forms: What• Designer specified layout

• Used for both input and output

• Based on either– table, or– query

• must use query to show fields from more than one table

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Forms: How

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Forms: How

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Forms: How

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Forms: How

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Forms: How

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Forms: How

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Forms: Design View

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Forms: Properties• Click object

• change properties

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Forms: Toolbox• Method of adding

controls to form

• Includes:– label– button– text box– check box– radio button– list boxes

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Tutorial Exercise: Music• Task 1: Create a form for entering data into

the artist table

• Task 2: Create a form for entering data into the track table