Specifications

CHAPTER 18 Defining Forms
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Forms in InfoMaker and in an InfoMaker application
After you design a form, you can use it within InfoMaker. You can also take
the form, package it in an InfoMaker application with other forms and reports
you have created, and distribute your application.
For example, you could create an Employee Data application that includes the
Employee Data form and many employee reports that are important to your
organization. When users run the application, they get up-to-date reports and
they can update the Employee database.
For information about creating InfoMaker applications, see Chapter 21,
“Working with Applications”.
About the PainterBar
of the Form painter
The PainterBar of the Form painter provides buttons for performing common
activities you might do when creating or altering a form definition. There is
also a menu item corresponding to most buttons.
Creating new forms
When you create a new form with InfoMaker, you always specify the data
source and form style of the form. Then you define the data for the form, and
InfoMaker generates the basic form.
Once you have the basic form, you can name the form and save it. Then you
can continue to enhance the form to make it easier to use.
The following discussion introduces you to a few form concepts and terms.
When you are ready to create a particular type of form, you can follow the steps
for the type.
New Form dialog box
You specify the data source and form style in the New Form dialog box: