Maddie Leigh's Art Sales

This database is not one actually in use. It comes from some help sessions on the OOOForum. It might be a good base to work up from however.

The database used was kept as simple as possible to support the development of one form and a few macros. The schema is

The form that was developed is this. ( notice the name will change, as Juliana was the users name and I thought it best to use a different one - so I will get to making that change if necessary. )

The macros created do a lot of filling of data when a button is clicked, or an item in a list box is selected. The Form uses a number of sub forms to generate the required calculated fields. The two buttons named 'new' currently do nothing, but would be updated to bring up a data entry screen ( dialog box ) for entering new customer information. The execution of the dialog would trigger a validation routine to insure both completeness and to stop any duplicate entries.

The database should lend itself to the creation of a couple of reasonable reports. Pretty much the other screens that would be needed would require little or no macro coding.

The only item of note for this schema is the two forieng key relationships from Customer to Purchase Order. In order to do this the person creating the database must enter the actual ALTER TABLE commands from the SQL window, but everything else is done via the GUI.

Also, as I mentioned my idea would be to implement the new customer buttons by calling a dialog box. I think this is a good thing to include in the example. It is also, IMO, a good example of showing where from a UI one would want to use a dialog box - as the workflow of starting an order screen and then needing to add a customer recored would benefit from the modal quality of the dialog.