CIS4 Santa Monica College Greenhouse Database Forms Wizard Project

In this project you will work with a greenhouse database. You will create a variety of forms for entering plant and maintenance information.

Skills needed to complete this project:

• Creating a Single Record Form Based on a Table or Query (Skill 4.1)
• Moving and Arranging Controls (Skill 4.14)
• Creating a Multiple Items Form (Skill 4.2)
• Creating a Split Form (Skill 4.3)
• Adding Fields to a Form in Layout View (Skill 4.6)
• Creating a Form Using the Form Wizard (Skill 4.4)
• Creating a New Blank Form in Layout View (Skill 4.5)
• Resizing Controls (Skill 4.13)
• Applying a Theme (Skill 4.12)
• Modifying the Layout of a Form or Report (Skill 4.15)
• Formatting Controls (Skill 4.11)
• Adding Design Elements to Form and Report Headers (Skill 4.16)

1. Open the start file AC2019-ChallengeYourself-4-3.
2. If the database opens in Protected View, click the Enable Content button in the Message Bar at the top of the database so you can modify it.
3. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.
4. Create a Single Record form using the Plants table as the record source. Save the form with the name PlantsSingleForm and close it.
5. Create a Multiple Items form using the Plants table as the record source. Save the form with the name PlantsMultipleForm and close it.
6. Create a Split form using the MaintenanceLog table as the record source. Save it with the name MaintenanceLogSplit and close it.
7. Use the Form Wizard button to create a form showing employee information in the main form with a subform showing related maintenance records.
   1. Add the following fields to the form in this order:
      From the Employees table: EmployeeID, LastName, FirstName, WeeklyHours
      From the MaintenanceLog table: MaintenanceDate, Plant, Watered, Inspected, Pruned
   2. Organize the form by the Employees table with data from the MaintenanceLog table as a subform.
   3. Format the subform as a Datasheet form.
   4. Name the main form: EmployeeLog
   5. Name the subform: EmployeeLogSubform
   6. Review the form in Form view, and then close it.
8. Create a form from scratch in Layout view.
   1. Start with a new blank form in Layout view. Save the form with the name:
      EmployeeDetails
   2. Add the following fields from the Employees table to the form in this order:
      EmployeeID, LastName, FirstName
   3. Apply the Slice theme to the database.
   4. Save and close the form.
9. Add controls to the MaintenanceLog form.
   1. Open the MaintenanceLog form in Layout view.
   2. Move the Plant label and bound text control above the Employee controls.
   3. Add the Inspected field immediately below the Watered control.
   4. Add the Pruned field immediately below the Inspected control.
   5. There is an extra row in the form layout. Delete it.
10. Format controls in the MaintenanceLog form.
    1. Change the MaintenanceDate label to: Date
    2. Change the font color for all the label controls to the standard color Maroon (the fifth color from the right in the first row of standard colors).
    3. Modify the MaintenanceDate bound text box control to use the Long Date format.
    4. Add the title Maintenance Log to the form header. Be sure to include a space between the words in the title.
    5. Save the form and close it.
11. Close the database and exit Access.
12. Upload and save the project file.
13. Submit project for grading.