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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
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Pasting a Linked OLE Object....................................................................................151
Setting Up Linking Options......................................................................................152
Using the
Object
Commands ....................................................................................153
Chapter 6
Filling a Form
The Fill View Window......................................................................................................158
The Fill Toolbar ..........................................................................................................159
Moving Through Fields....................................................................................................160
Filling Fields.......................................................................................................................161
Type Ahead.................................................................................................................161
Shrink Text to Fit Fields ............................................................................................162
Fill Text........................................................................................................................162
Comb............................................................................................................................162
Check Box....................................................................................................................162
Circle Text ...................................................................................................................163
Table.............................................................................................................................163
Fill Graphic .................................................................................................................164
List Fields ....................................................................................................................167
Fields Defined by a Calculation...............................................................................167
Field Validation..........................................................................................................168
Spell Checking ...................................................................................................................168
To Check the
Current Form
Language Selection: ...................................................168
Spell Checking Multiple Languages .......................................................................169
Dictionaries for Spell Checking ...............................................................................169
Spell Checking Your Form........................................................................................170
Saving in Fill View ............................................................................................................171
Chapter 7
Managing an
OmniForm Database
What Is a Database? ..........................................................................................................174
Managing Database Records ...........................................................................................175
Creating New Records ..............................................................................................175
Duplicating Records ..................................................................................................177
Moving Through a Database....................................................................................178
Searching Records for Information .........................................................................179
Sorting Records ..........................................................................................................183
Recalculating Records ...............................................................................................184
Deleting Records ........................................................................................................186
Refreshing Records....................................................................................................187
Saving Records ...........................................................................................................187
Exporting Information...............................................................................................188
Using OmniForm Data Files.....................................................................................192
Importing Information ..............................................................................................193