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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 - 273
operators and functions. You define a calculation on a field and
OmniForm calculates the result automatically as you fill the form.
calculation toolbar The calculation toolbar lets you define calculations
on a field.
Cancel button A button in a dialog box that you can click to cancel the
current process or operation.
cell The basic unit of a table field. You can fill each cell separately. A cell
is a fill text field by default, but can be converted to any other kind of
field.
comb element The basic unit of a comb field. You can fill, define, and
format each element separately. A comb field is often used for
telephone and zip code numbers.
config.sys A DOS file that can be used to configure the MSDOS
operating system. The config.sys file must be installed in the root
directory of the DOS partition.
configuration The total combination of hardware components (central
processing unit, video display device, keyboard, and peripheral
devices) that make up a computer system. Configuration can also refer
to the software settings that allow various hardware components of a
computer system to communicate with each other.
convert To change an OLE or design view object into another kind of
object. You might decide, for example, to change a fill text field in a
table into a check mark field.
cursor A symbol, displayed on the screen, marking where the next
action will take effect or where the next typed character will appear.
data The plural of datum; used here to refer to any information entered
in a field such as text and numbers.
database A collection of similar information stored as records. Each
record in an OmniForm database contains the same fields but the
fields in each record can contain different information.
default A preset response to a question or prompt. The default is
automatically used by the computer if you do not supply a different
response or setting.
define a calculation To create a calculation for a selected object. See
calculation.
design view The view in OmniForm in which you can edit existing
forms and design entirely new forms.