• A Conditional Object Example
• About Forms and Browses
• Accented Characters
• Adding Users from the Desktop
• Changing Custom Menus and Toolbars at Runtime
• Circular Tabbing on a Form
• Creating a Maximized Application with a Menu
• Creating Alpha Anywhere Help Text
• Creating Alpha Anywhere Help Text - AlphaSports
• Creating and Assigning a Startup Form
• Creating and Using a Conditional Object
• Creating Custom Menus
• Creating Menu Forms
• Creating the InvoiceItemsPie Form
• Creating Wallpaper for Your Application
• Design a Custom Menu
• Designing an Application for Alpha Five Runtime
• Displaying a Form as a Dialog Box
• Displaying the Main Menu
• Dynamic Internationalization for Desktop Application Forms and Reports
• Editing Objects
• Editing System Menus
• Editing System Toolbars
• Filter Builder
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• Find by Key
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• Follow Changes and Enters
• Form Editor Control Library
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• Form Layout - Mouse Cursor Property
• Genies
• Linking to a External Help File Topic
• Managing Style Properties
• Methods for Opening Forms and Browses
• Modal and Modeless Data Entry
• Navigation
• Object Explorer
• OnKey Events on Forms
• Placing a Conditional Object
• Placing a Control on a Form
• Placing Bitmaps on a Form
• Placing Hotspots
• Placing Hyperlinks, Mail-to Links, and FTP Links on a Form
• Placing Lines and Frames
• Placing Subforms
• Prompting for User Input
• Put a Button on a Form to Open Another Form Showing Selected Records
• Put a Button on a Form to Send a Customized Email
• Query
• Querying and Sorting Child Tables on a Form
• Quick Import for a Form or Browse
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• Sales People Form
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• Setting Form Properties
• Setting Form Restrictions
• Setting the Tab Order
• Specifying a Window
• Startup Form Design Examples
• Synchronizing Form and Embedded Browse Record Navigation
• The Customer Information Form
• The CustQueryReport Form
• The Edit_Customer_Info Form
• The Inventory Form
• The Invoice Form
• The InvoiceItemsPie Form
• The InvoiceReportMenu Form
• The Items Form
• The Main Menu Form
• The Vendors Form
• The Window Bar
• Understanding Levels in a Form
• Using a Dialogasa Search Form
• Using a Form
• Using the Form Editor
• Using the Navigator
• Using the New Form Genie

Placing a Control on a Form

Description

For specific instructions, refer to:

• Grid Settings

• Placing a Button on a Form

• Placing an Embedded Browse

• Placing a Conditional Object

• Placing Text Objects

• Placing Lines and Frames

• Placing Bitmaps on a Form

• Placing Subforms

• Placing Hotspots

• Placing ActiveX Objects

Grid Settings

The Form Editor has a grid that can help you position objects. After opening the Form Editor, click Form > Grid to display the Grid dialog. In this dialog you can set:

• Grid spacing

• Whether the grid is visible or hidden

• Whether objects should snap to the grid

Using the Object Menu

You can place a control on a form by selecting it from the menu.

1. Select Object > New... to display the New Object dialog box

2. Select the appropriate control from the list and click OK.

3. Depending on the type of object, various menus will appear. Enter the appropriate values and click OK.

4. The new object will appear as a small rectangle in the upper left corner of the form. Select it and drag it to its new location.

5. Select a side or corner of the object's bounding rectangle and stretch it to its appropriate size.

Cloning an Object on the Form

You can clone a text object (or any other object):

1. Hold down CTRL.

2. Select the object you want to clone and drag it to a new location

See Also

• Field Properties
• Setting Field Properties