Create a Main Menu Form

Figure 11.28 illustrates a form design session initiated by going directly into the design view, not the wizard. Because this is a non–data-bound form, the record navigation bar that normally appears at the bottom of a form is not required. There are other form attributes that you may want to manipulate such as whether the min/max button is enabled, the type of border style, and the form caption, to name a few.

Figure 11.28. The form property sheet enables you to manipulate various attributes of the form.

After you have set up the form, you are ready to add command buttons that will launch the forms created in this ...

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