Using the Form and Report Designers

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Form and Report designers

Using the Form and Report designers (overview)

The designer windows

Design and Run modes

The Component palette

Component palette overview

Standard page

Data Access page

Data Buttons page (forms)

Report page

Custom page

Using ActiveX (*.OCX) controls

The Field palette

Using the Field palette

The Inspector

The Inspector (overview)

Properties page of the Inspector

Events page of the Inspector

Methods page of the Inspector

The Method menu

Manipulating components

Placing components on a form or report

Selecting components

Moving components

Cutting, copying, pasting, deleting components

Undoing and redoing in the designers

Aligning components

Resizing components

Spacing components

Setting a scheme (Form designer)

Editing a Text object

File operations

Saving, running, and printing forms and reports

Opening a form or report in Run mode

Printing a form or report