3.0
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Setup
- Form Usage
- OmniForm Procedures
- Designing a Form
- The Design Process
- The Design View Window
- 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
- The Shared Form Property
- Redesigning Your Form
- Using the Scrapbook
- Inserting OLE Objects in a Form
- Filling a Form
- Managing an OmniForm Database
- Using Calculations
- Technical Information
The Design View Window
Designing a Form 3
The Design View Window
This section provides an overview of the design view window.
If a form is open in fill view, click the Design button in the standard
toolbar or choose
Design
in the View menu to switch to design view.
To open a shortcut menu, click the right mouse button and choose
Design
in this menu.
The design view window (after registration) contains four toolbars and
seven menus. If you have not registered, the window will have eight
menus, including one for registration.
The design view window also contains the calculation toolbar. Choose
Calculation
in the Tools menu to display this toolbar.
Use design view to edit and create fields on an existing form or to create
an entirely new form.
Standard toolbar
Drawing toolbar
Font/text toolbar
Arrange toolbar
Status bar: displays current
activity and settings.