Troubleshooting

The York System works best if certain features of Access are turned off. The most important of these features is that messages reminding the user that they are adding or deleting table rows are turned off. If this feature is turned on, the process of opening the viewing form will be accompanied by several dozen of these messages. They can be turned off by going to the 'Tools' menu and selecting 'Options', choosing the 'Edit/Find' tab, and un-checking all 'Confirm' boxes.

The York System will fit on an 800 x 600 pixel monitor easily, as long as the formatting menu is not visible. This is done by right clicking on that menu, and selecting 'Formatting (form/report)' from the drop-down list.

The 'escape' button is also useful in Access. This key will clear records that are in the process of being recorded, displaying a blank form ready for recording. In this context, the use of the 'escape' button is preferred over the use of the Delete Record buttons on all forms.