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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
Creating Objects
14 Designing a Form
To create a square field, hold down the Shift key as you draw.
Creating a Comb Object
Use a comb field to separate information into separate groups of
elements while maintaining the field as a whole. For example, United
States forms typically require that you enter zip code numbers in five or
nine separate boxes.
1 Click the Comb tool in the drawing toolbar.
2 Either click anywhere on the form to create a four-element
comb field, or move the cursor to anyplace on the form and
hold down the mouse button as you slowly drag the cursor.
The number of elements in the comb field increases as you drag
the mouse. Let go of the mouse button when the comb field
contains the number of elements that you want.
Many sample forms included with your OmniForm package, such as the
Objects form, contain comb objects that you can copy and paste into
your own form.
Creating a Check Box Object
Use check boxes for
Ye s/ No
questions and for selecting one or more
choices on a form.
1 Click the Check Box tool in the drawing toolbar.
2 Draw a check box.
To create a square check box, hold down the Shift key as you draw.
Creating a Circle Text Object
Use circle text objects for
Yes/No
questions and for selecting one or more
choices on a form.