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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
The Design View Toolbars
Designing a Form - 124
The Drawing Toolbar
Use the drawing toolbar to create and select objects.
Below is a brief explanation of each tool’s function. See “Creating Objects”
on page 126 for detailed information on using the drawing tools.
Selection tool
— Select, move, and resize objects.
Text tool
— Create a non-fillable text object.
Line tool
— Create lines.
Oval tool
— Create circles and ovals.
Rectangle tool
— Create squares and other rectangles.
Graphic tool
— Place graphics in your form in design view.
Fill text tool
— Create fillable text objects.
Comb tool
— Create fillable comb objects.
Check Box tool
— Create fillable check boxes.
Circle Text tool
— Create fillable ovals or circles.
Table tool
— Create fillable tables.
Fill Graphic tool
— Create graphic fields that you fill in fill view.
Lock tool
— Lock currently selected tool so you can use it more than
once without reverting to the Selection tool.
Selection tool
Text tool
Line tool
Oval tool
Rectangle tool
Graphic tool
Fill Text tool
Comb tool
Check Box tool
Circle Text tool
Table tool
Fill Graphic tool
Lock On/Off tool