10.4.1 Names of Form Designer components and how to use them

This subsection presents the name of each Form Designer component and how to use it.

The figure below shows Form Designer.

Figure 10‒8: Form Designer

Form Designer is used to set the components of an Item window (objects) and the attributes of the Item window (window).

• Menu

  Clicking the Object menu displays the object types in cascade. Choosing a desired object inserts it in the editing area.

  To insert objects, you must use the Object menu. You cannot insert objects from the Microsoft Internet Explorer menu.

  Clicking the Window menu displays in cascade the items for which window attributes are to be set.

  Clicking the Operation menu displays a menu for copying and pasting style attributes for the object. You can copy the style of an object selected in the editing area and paste it to other objects.

• Editing area

  This area is displayed in an Item window when an Item is actually used. You can set the size and background using the Window menu and place each object added from the Object menu to set style and object attributes.

• Object location

  Displays the object selected in the editing area in pixels. You can use this location information to adjust the locations of objects.

• Style attributes

  Sets the style of an object, such as color and font. This area displays only those items that can be set for the object selected in the editing area.

• Object attributes

  Sets attributes, such as data type and maximum, minimum, and initial values, according to the details specified for each object when the Item is actually used. This area is also used to specify such attributes as whether the Item is required and whether the Item is to be displayed in the window for each worker's processing.

  This displays only those items that can be set for the object selected in the editing area.

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