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 - 146
Set Filling Options
1 Click the
Filling
tab.
2 Select a mark for the check box: a check mark, an X, or a fill.
3 Deselect
Can Be Filled
so an empty field cannot be filled and a
filled field cannot be changed in fill view.
4Select
Tab Stop
so that the cursor automatically moves to the
selected field when the user presses the Tab key.
Deselect
Tab Stop
so that the cursor tabs past the selected field.
5Select
Help Message
to type a message that appears in the status
bar in fill view when the cursor is in that field.
See page 140 for an example of a help message.
6 Click
OK
to apply the changes and close the dialog box.
Defining a Circle Text Object
Choose
Object Definition...
in the Format menu to open the Circle Text
Definition dialog box when a fill circle object is selected.
This dialog box has the same options as the Check Box Definition dialog
box. See “Defining a Check Box Object” on page 145 for information.