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fish

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4,063 posts

308 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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Right I don't normaly revert to asking for help but. I've about exhausted the Excel help and I consider myself pretty advanced. However I have no Forms experience.

I'm trying to create a customer aftersales database which will keep on one sheet customer details. I then want to use a form to enable the user to add incident details which will be stored on a hidden database sheet. This will then enable me to run report/graphs etc on the detail on this hidden sheet.

Esentialy I don't know how to create a form which I can raise via a button which will only show certain data from the database ie filtered based on their name etc.Ie so when you click on the button next to their details a form with the feild comes up but will only show their previous incidents.

Hope this makes sense, does anyone therefore have such a spreadsheet or can tell me how to create a (protected) filtered data entry form.

Many thanks in advance assuming I haven't stumped the global PH ability.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

296 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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Why not use Access?

What you are describing is a database...

arcturus

1,497 posts

289 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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Forgive me, but wouldn't this be a task better suited to Access? Why use Excel? Or does your version of Office not have Access?


Doh.. Plotloss, you were too quick for me!!

>> Edited by arcturus on Wednesday 31st March 15:01

fish

Original Poster:

4,063 posts

308 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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Don't have access unfortunately

TheGroover

1,043 posts

301 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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How are you with VB?
You can add in a VB-esque form through the Visual Basic editor in Excel to which you can add buttons, drop downs etc, but you will need to write macros to send and retreive your code.
To add a form open the VB editor in excel, then add in a form through the insert menu.

If you have no experience with VB you will need to read up on it first.

Not much help, I know, but there is rather a lot to it I'm afraid

fish

Original Poster:

4,063 posts

308 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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hmmm...

Been speaking to a friend who used to do it alot. Hes pointed out the basics but I have the out of depth and lots of help reading feeling coming on.

VB I know sod all.

chim_girl

6,268 posts

285 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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fish said:
VB I know sod all.

Me too, but I managed to design a form with buttons and drop down menus. As for the rest of it, I'll leave you with the professionals.

jay-aim

598 posts

267 months

Wednesday 31st March 2004
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TheGroover is spot on

You'll need to do a lot of reading first though...