Using the Form designer
To modify a wizard-created form or to design a form from scratch, use the Form designer (File|New|Form). These are the basic steps to follow in designing a form:
Place components on the form. To do so, drag files (including data modules, if you’re using them) from the Navigator or Windows Explorer to automatically link a table or database to a form, and drag the objects you need from the Component and Field palettes onto the design surface.
Note: If you drag tables onto the form, the fields that are available on the Field palette are already linked to data. To link any other component to a field, set its dataLink property. See Linking a form or report to tables for more information.
Set component properties, using the Inspector (or the Source editor, if you prefer)
Attach code to component events and write the methods you need.
Create menus, as necessary, using the Menu designer (see Creating menus and toolbars).
Create toolbars and tool buttons, as necessary (see Creating menus and toolbars).
The Form designer creates a .WFM file.
The components available in dBASE Plus and the mechanics of using the Form designer, including the Inspector, are discussed in Using the Form and Report designers Also see the samples that come with dBASE Plus, installed by default in the Plus\Samples directory.
The following sections give you an orientation to the code generated by the Form designer.