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
Defining Objects
Designing a Form - 139
•A
General
format leaves the field entry exactly as it is entered.
In the above example, 7889 entered in the field would be
displayed as 7889.
• Field type also affects field validation. You can require that
the field entry match the field type. See “Set Validation
Options” on page 141 for information.
The next two options are enabled when
Number, Currency,
or
Percentage
is selected in the
Type
drop-down list.
5Select
Use 1000’s Separator
to separate a series of three digits
with a separator specific to the form’s language.
See “International Settings” on page 79 for detailed
information on selecting a language for a form.
6Select
Enclose Negatives in Parentheses
to display negative
numbers within parentheses in the field; for example, -123
would display as (123).
Set Filling Options
1 Click the
Filling
tab.
2Select
List of Choices
if you want to be able to select a field entry
from a drop-down list of choices in fill view.
• Type an entry in the text box below the option and click
Add
to place it in the list box.
You can enter up to 100 entries. Each entry can be up to 100
characters long.
• Select an entry in the list and click
Move Up
or
Move Down
to
reorder it.