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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
Glossary - 272
Glossary
active window The foremost window on the desktop; the window
where the next action will take place. An active window’s title bar is
highlighted.
ADF See
automatic document feeder
.
arrange toolbar The toolbar that contains buttons for aligning and
moving multiple selected objects.
auto calculation A calculation automatically created by OmniForm
when you select a field and click the
Auto
button in the calculation
toolbar. The calculation is based on field name and type, column
header labels, and the names of surrounding fields.
autoexec.bat A file, created with the DOS (disk operating system)
language, and maintained in the root directory of an IBM-compatible
personal computer. This file tells the CPU what resources to load upon
booting the system.
automatic document feeder (ADF) A device that allows you to scan
multiple pages without having to place each page in the scanner. Some
ADFs are built into scanners; others are add-on products.
back up To make a spare copy of a disk or of a file on a disk. Backing up
your files and disks ensures that you will not lose information if the
original is lost or damaged.
bitmapped image A collection of bits (dots or pixels) in memory that
represent a scanned image. The display on the screen is a visible
bitmapped image.
bounding box An imaginary box used to calculate object positioning in
OmniForm. It appears when you select an object and hold the mouse
button down.
bracket In OmniForm, an operator that is used to enclose field names in
a calculation. Brackets look like this: [ ]
calculation In OmniForm, a mathematical, comparative, logical, or
textual operation that returns a value based on a formula you create.
You can create a formula using your existing fields and pre-defined