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
Inserting OLE Objects in a Form
Designing a Form 53
• To change the source file to which the object is linked, click
Change Source
.
The Change Source dialog box appears.
Select a new source file for the object and a file type in the
Files
of type
drop-down list.
Item Name
is assigned automatically by
the server application, if one exists.
Click
OK
to return to the Links dialog box. You can use the
Convert...
command to assign a new name to the object after its
source has changed. See “Convert...” on page 5-54 for infor-
mation.
• To permanently unlink an object from its source file and con-
vert it to a static OLE object, click
Break Link
.
An object converted to a static OLE object cannot be edited, opened,
reconverted, or played.
The
Cancel
button changes to
Close
after you complete a linking
procedure.
5 Click
Close
when you are done.
Using the
Object
Commands
The
Object
command in the Edit menu is only available when an OLE
object is selected. It changes according to the selected object. The
commands in its cascading menu change as well. This section describes
each command.