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 - 152
4 Select line thickness in the
Weight
drop-down list.
5 Deselect
Clear
to display the fill lines.
The next section, “Paint Order,” describes how paint order
affects fill line display.
6Select
Start Fill Line at First Line Indentation
to indent the first fill
line the same amount as the first line of text entered in the field.
See “The Text... Command” on page 156 for more information.
7 Click
OK
to apply the changes and close the dialog box.
Paint Order
OmniForm uses a specific paint order. For example, a table object itself
is painted first, then the cells inside the table, and then objects inside the
cell. This makes it possible to have three layers of paint. The last layer
painted in an object overrides all other layers. Because objects inside a
cell are painted last, they will cover up the cells and portions of the table.
If an object’s background or border is
Clear,
however, then that part of
the object is transparent and an object painted below can show through.
You can use the
Send to Back
and
Bring to Front
commands in the Format
menu to change paint order.