Business 245 3 ilab assignments
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A. Lab # : BSBA BIS245A-5B
B. Lab 5B of 7: Completing Forms C. Lab Overview--Scenario/Summary TCO(s):
5. Given a physical database containing tables and relationships, create forms which demonstrate effective user-interface design and allow for efficient entry and retrieval of data.
Scenario/Summary
The lab begins with creating a form in Access using the Form Wizard. After the form is created, the user can use Themes to change the appearance of the form. The second part of the lab uses Form Design to create a form. Finally, the form will be customized.
Upon completing this lab, you should be able to
• create a form using the Form Tool; • create a form using Form Design; and • create a form using the Form Wizard.
D. Deliverables
Submit the MS Access Database file that contains the forms created in this lab.
Step Deliverable Points 1 Form 1 – Form Tool - step-by-step 5 2 Form 2 – Form Design – step-by-step 5 3 Form 3 – Form Wizard—Employee/Customers Multi-Table Form
– step-by-step 5
4 Form 4 – Suppliers and Products Multi-Table Form 10 E. Lab Steps Preparation 1. Get the Database from Doc Sharing
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a. Download the Lab5_Start.accdb Northwind database file from your course Doc Sharing panel (Labs view), and Save the file to your local drive.
2. Using Citrix for MS Visio and/or MS Access a. If you are using the Citrix remote lab, follow the login instructions
located in the iLab tab in Course Home. b. You will have to upload the Lab5_Start.accdb file to your Citrix folder.
Follow the instructions located on the iLab tab in Course Home. 3. Start MS Access
a. If you are using Citrix, click on Microsoft Office Applications folder. b. If you are using Visio on a local computer, select Microsoft Office from your
Program Menu.
Lab Step 1: Using the Form Tool
Select Employees table as in the following figure. You will see the Employees table highlighted.
Click the Create tab, and then click the Form tool.
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After clicking the Form button, a new form is created by Access.
The appearance of the form can be easily modified using the Themes option on the Design ribbon. As you move your cursor over the various themes, the form will adjust to preview how the modified form would look. You may select any theme for your form.
Click the Save button to save the form. Name it Lab5_Form1, and then close the form.
Step 2: Using the Form Design
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Click the Create tab; then, click on Form Design. (Make sure that you do not have any of the tables selected in the Tables list on the left side of the screen.)
After clicking the Form Design, a new form will be shown as the following
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Click the Add Existing Fields option, and then click Show All Tables to show all the tables in the database. Drag and drop fields from the Customer table to the form. You can also double click the fields that you want to add. Select a number of fields from the Customers table. Adjust the location of the fields. Then, click the Form option in the View list to see the form. The View button is highlighted at the right.
After viewing the form, click the View button again, and select Design View to go back to form design. Save the form as Lab5_Form2.
Step 3: Creating Multi-Table Forms You can incorporate data from several tables in a single form. In this step, you will create a form that displays data concerning one employee. The form will also
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display data concerning the many customers that your employees serve. This type of relationship between employees and customers is called one-to-many relationships (one employee serving many customers). In this relationship, the Employees table is the “one” table and the Customers table is the “many” table. To create a multi-table form using the Form Wizard
• click the Create tab, then select the Form Wizard; and • make sure that Customers table is selected in the Table/Queries box.
• Select CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName, ContactTitle, Address,
City, Region, PostalCode, Country, and Phone Fields from Customers table. • Back in the Tables/Queries, click on the down arrow and select Employees
table. See illustration on next page.
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• Select EmployeeID, LastName, FirstName, Photo, and ReportsTo from that table, then click Next button.
• Make sure that by Employees is selected in “How do you want to view your data?”
• You also have the option to select Form with subform(s) or Linked forms. Select Form with subform(s), then click Next.
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• In the next screen, you have the option of selecting the layout of your subform. Select Tabular, and then click Next.
• Assign a title to your form (Lab5_Form3) and subform (Lab5_Subform3),
and click finish.
• Click on View, and then view the form in Form View.
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Before closing the form, go to Design View, and change the Caption property for the form to Employees. (See below.) Return to Form View before saving your form.
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In Form View your form should display nine records, showing employees and the customers that they serve. These records can be cycled through on using the navigation options available on the lower left of the application screen.
You will be prompted to save changes when closing the form. Say Yes to save changes at the prompt, and close the form.
Step 4: Create a Multi-Table Form
Following instructions provided in Step 3, create a multi-table form, showing what products are supplied by which supplier.
Requirements: There is ONE Supplier for MANY Products. You must display the following fields: SupplierID, CompanyName, ContactName, ContactTitle, Address, City, Region, PostalCode, Country, and Phone fields along with ProductID, ProductName, and CategoryID.
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Your form should look like the following
There should be 29 records in your suppliers, each providing numerous products.
Save your form as Lab5_form4, and the Subform as Lab5_Subform4.
Step 5: Submit Deliverables Save your MS Access Lab5_Start.accdb file as YourName_Lab5_ Final.accdb
Submit the Access file created during this assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this page. (See Syllabus/"Due Dates for Assignments & Exams" for due dates.)
End of Lab 5B