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In this article, we will discuss how to design a many to many form/record relationship based on the sample app.

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The app is created using simple select box and form grid. You may study its design by downloading the sample app below.

The figure below shows the design of Form1.

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Based on the figure below, we can see that Form 1 has:-

  1. An ID Generator Field to create a running number as record ID.
  2. Text Field
  3. Form Grid to select items from Form 2 to be stored in the joiner table.

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Form 2 has identical form design as per Form 1, as explained below.

In the joiner form, it contains just 2 select boxes.

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Each of the select boxes would point to Form 1 and Form 2 using Default Form Options binder as shown in the form structure figure below.

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You may try it out yourself by downloading the sample app below.

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