Specifications

Working in the Form painter Layout view
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❖ To select neighboring multiple controls in a form:
1 Press and hold the left mouse button at one corner of the neighboring
controls.
2 Drag the mouse over the controls you want to select.
InfoMaker displays a bounding box.
3 Release the mouse button.
All the controls in the region are selected.
❖ To select non-neighboring multiple controls in a form:
1 Click the first control.
2 Press and hold the Ctrl key and click additional controls.
All the controls are selected.
❖ To select all controls in a form:
• Select Edit>Select All from the menu bar.
Displaying information about selected controls in a form
To help you move and resize controls, InfoMaker displays information about
the position of selected controls.
❖ To display information about the position of a control:
• Select the control.
InfoMaker displays the control name, x and y coordinates, width, and
height in MicroHelp:
If you select more than one control, InfoMaker displays Group Selected in the
Name area, and coordinates and size do not display.
Defining default colors and borders in the Form painter
For Freeform and Grid style forms, you can specify the default colors and
borders that InfoMaker uses when generating a basic form. Each style can have
its own defaults. You can override the defaults for a style for a particular form.