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
OmniForm Compatibility
Technical Information - 267
OmniForm Compatibility
This section provides OmniForm compatibility lists.
Database Information Exchange
OmniForm uses industry-standard ODBC to exchange information with
the following databases:
• Microsoft Access 1.0, 1.1, 2.0; 7.0 (Windows 95 only)
• dBase III and IV
• Excel 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
• FoxPro 2.0, 2.5, 2.6
• Paradox 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
• text-based and CSV files
E-mail Programs
• MAPI-compliant mail systems such as Microsoft Exchange and
Microsoft Mail
• Lotus cc:Mail/Notes 2.0 and above
Graphic Formats
OmniForm can import the following file types into a graphic object or a
fill graphic field:
•BMP
•GIF
•JPEG
•PCX
• TIFF
• Macintosh PICT
Image File Formats
OmniForm can import and recognize black-and-white forms in either
PCX or TIFF format. Image resolution must be 200, 300, or 400 dots per
inch (dpi).
Scanners
• Hewlett-Packard (ScanJet Plus and above)
• Visioneer
• TWAIN-compliant scanners such as Canon, Epson and Microtek