Specifications

CHAPTER 18 Defining Forms
Users Guide 515
❖ To create a basic form:
1 Click the New button in the PowerBar.
2 Select the Object tab, the Form icon, and click OK.
The New Form dialog box displays the data sources and form styles you
can choose.
3 Choose the data source for the form:
For complete information about using each data source and defining the
data for the form, see “Selecting a data source” on page 154.
4 Choose a form style, then click OK.
You can choose one of the built-in form styles of InfoMaker or a custom
form style developed in your organization using PowerBuilder.
5 Define the data, then click OK.
If you are told the form is not updatable
After defining the data for the form, you might see a message box telling
you that the form is not updatable. For information about these situations,
see “Defining data so that a form can update a database” on page 520.
Data source Pick this data source when
Quick Select The data is from tables that are connected through a key,
and you need only to sort and limit data.
SQL Select Your data is from tables that are not connected through a
key, or you want more control over the
SQL SELECT
statement generated for the data source.
Query The data has been defined as a query.