2.0
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Setup
- Tutorials
- Views and Form Usage
- OmniForm Procedures
- Designing a Form
- The Design Process
- The Design View Toolbars
- Creating Objects
- General Creation Guidelines
- Creating a Text Object
- Creating a Line Object
- Creating an Oval Object
- Creating a Rectangle Object
- Creating a Graphic Object
- Creating a Fill Text Object
- Creating a Comb Object
- Creating a Check Box Object
- Creating a Circle Text Object
- Creating a Table Object
- Creating a Fill Graphic Object
- Defining Objects
- Changing Object Appearance
- Redesigning Your Form
- Using the Scrapbook
- Inserting OLE Objects in a Form
- Filling a Form
- Managing an OmniForm Database
- Using Calculations
- Calculation Overview
- Operators
- Functions
- Abs (Absolute Value)
- Avg (Average)
- Date (Current Date)
- DayName
- DayOfMonth
- DayOfWeek
- DayOfYear
- Exp (Exponentiation)
- FV (Future Value)
- Hour
- If
- Int (Integer)
- Left
- Length
- Ln (Natural Logarithm)
- Log (Base 10 Logarithm)
- Lower
- Max (Maximum)
- Middle
- Min (Minimum)
- Minute
- Mod (Modulus (Remainder))
- Month
- MonthName
- Pi
- PMT (Payment)
- Position
- Proper
- PV (Present Value)
- RecordCount
- Replace
- Replicate
- Right
- Round
- Second
- Sign
- Sqrt (Square Root)
- Sum
- Time
- Trim
- Trunc (Truncate)
- Upper
- Year
- Functions — Quick Reference
- Functions Sorted by Type
- Technical Information
- Glossary
Menu Commands
OmniForm Procedures - 117
Options... — Select various OmniForm options in the Options dialog
box.
General
•Select
Status Bar
to display status text at the bottom of the
window.
•Select
Page
Margins
to display the page margins on a form.
• Select a mail system under
Mail System
if you have more than one
installed.
• Select a measurement unit in the
Measurement Units
drop-down
list.
•Select
Show Form Assistant at Startup
to open Form Assistant upon
OmniForm launch. See “Using Form Assistant” on page 70.
File Locations
•Select
Shared Forms
in the
File Types
drop-down list in the
File
Location
tab to set a default location for shared forms.
See “Exported Data and Shared Forms” on page 212.
•Select
Scrapbooks
in the
File Types
drop-down list to set a location
for scrapbook files.
See “Using the Scrapbook” on page 164 for more information.
International
•Select
Current Form
and then select a language in its drop-down
list. This selection determines what dictionary OmniForm will
use in spell checking.
•Select
New Forms
and then select a language in its drop-down list.
See “International Settings” on page 79 for detailed information.
The Window Menu
Cascade — Arrange open windows one on top of the other with title
bars showing.
Tile — Resize the open windows so they fit side by side in the window
area.
Arrange Icons — Choose
Arrange Icons
to organize minimized
window icons at the bottom of the screen. Click the Minimize button in
the upper-right corner of the window to iconize open windows.
1, 2, 3, 4... Commands — Make active one of the currently open
forms.