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
Changing Object Appearance
Designing a Form - 150
3 Select a background pattern for the object in the
Pattern
drop-
down list.
4 Select a color for the background pattern in the
Pattern Color
drop-down list.
5 Deselect
Clear
to have the selected colors and pattern appear as
the object’s background.
See “Paint Order” on page 152 for a description of how paint order
affects color and pattern display.
Set the Border
1 Click the
Border
tab.
2 Select border color in the
Color
drop-down list.
3 Select a line style in the
Style
drop-down list.
4 Select border thickness in the
Weight
drop-down list.
5Select
Clear
to hide the border and display any paint layers
beneath it.
See“Paint Order” on page 152 for an explanation of how paint
order affects border display.
6 Click each side of the rectangle in the
Borders
section to select
where borders appear on the object.
7Select
Rounded
to round the corners of the border.
To round or square individual corners, click the corners of the
rectangle after selecting
Rounded.