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Tutorial 3 — Design Your Own Form
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4Locate
Rate
in the
Fields
list box.
5 Double-click
Rate
or select it and click
Paste.
The field name appears in the calculation toolbar.
6 Click the Multiplication (*) button in the Calculation Builder
dialog box.
It appears after
[Rate]
in the calculation toolbar.
7 Locate and double-click
Hours
in the
Fields
list box.
The calculation in the calculation text box should now read:
[Rate]*[Hours]
Click the Cancel Calculation button in the calculation toolbar if you
make an error to clear the text box and start again.
8 Click the Accept Calculation button in the calculation toolbar to
define the calculation on the Earnings field.
The Calculation Builder dialog box closes.
Calculate Profit
Profit, on this form, equals the Earnings minus Expenses. You will create
this calculation manually instead of using the Calculation Builder dialog
box so you can see another feature of OmniForm.
1 Select the Profit fill text object.
2 Click in the calculation toolbar’s text box to activate the toolbar.
3 Click the Earnings fill text object in the form.
The field name appears in the calculation toolbar.
4 Click in the calculation text box after
[Earnings]
and type a
subtraction (-) sign.
5 Click the Expenses fill text object in the form.
The calculation in the calculation text box should now read:
[Earnings]-[Expenses]
6 Click the Accept Calculation button in the calculation toolbar to
define the calculation on the
Profit
field
.
7 Click the Calculation button in the standard toolbar or choose
Calculation...
in the Tools menu to close the calculation toolbar.