4.0
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Glossary
- Welcome
- Installation and Setup
- Form Usage
- OmniForm Procedures
- Designing a Form
- The Design Process
- The Design View Window
- The Design View Toolbars
- Creating Objects on a Form
- General Creation Guidelines
- Creating a Text Object
- Creating a Line Object
- Creating an Oval Object
- Creating a Rectangle Object
- Adding Graphics to Your Form
- 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 on a Form
- Changing Object Appearance on a Form
- Adding Color to a Form
- Adjusting Colors
- Editing a Form
- Advanced Features
- Filling a Form
- Managing an OmniForm Database
- Using Calculations
- Technical Information
236 Index
Auto linking 196
data sources 193
field data 193
linking field names 195
Improving performance 224
Insert New Object command 149
Insert Object dialog box
Change Icon option 149
Create From File option 151
Create New option 150
Installation
installing 4.0 over a 3.0, 2.0 or
1.x version 219
installing OmniForm Internet
Filler 53
on Windows 95, 98 and
Windows NT 4.0 systems 8
system requirements 8
technical information/
troubleshooting 219
uninstalling OmniForm 219
International options 19
to
22
check/change for spell
checking 168
to
169
dictionaries 169
Internet
publish a form to 49
Internet Filler 52
Intranet
publish a form to 49
L
Language
selecting for a form 19
to
22
Line object, creating 65
Linking
Auto linking 196
field names for import 196
Links (OLE) 152
Links command 152
Links dialog box 152
Low disk space 223
Low memory
general troubleshooting 222
to
223
M
Macro printing 37
to
38
Mail
add routing slip 43
forms 41
to
43
select mail system 40
Mailable Filler 48
Memory
amount available in Windows
95 222
and installation 219
virtual 223
Merging text 99
Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and
routing slips 43
N
New command 39
New Forms option 19
to
20
Numbers
affected by language selection
20
to
21
O
Object (OLE) commands 153
to
155
Object appearance
background 86
border 88
changing 86
fill lines 90
paint order 92
Object Appearance command 86
Object definition
check box 81
to
82
circle text 82
comb 78
to
79
comb element 80
fill graphic 84
fill text 73
to
77
graphic 68
to
69
how language selection affects
options 22
table 83
table cell 84
Object Definition command 73
Object linking and embedding
see OLE
Objects
aligning 101
changing appearance 86
changing background
appearance 86
changing border appearance 88
converting to another type 107
creating 64
to
72
creation guidelines 64
defining 73
to
84
deleting 97
filling objects in fill view 161
to
168
formatting text 97
to
99
moving 96
overlapping 102
paint order 92
placing in table cells 106
redesigning a table 100
resizing 96
selecting 95
sending to front or back 102
Shift key, using 64
objects
changing fill lines appearance
90
ODBC database options 192
OLE
converting an OLE object 153,
154
creating new objects 150
creating objects from a file 151
edit OLE object 154
editing an OLE object 153
linking 152
object embedding, defined 148
object linking, defined 148
opening an OLE object 153
paste links 152
playing an OLE object 155
static object 153
window 150
OmniForm Data file
exporting information to 189
to
191
icon 195
importing to database 193
to
196
use to open shared form 192
to
193
OmniForm Design
arrange toolbar 63
calculation toolbar 202
drawing toolbar 62
fill toolbar 159
fill view 158