Working With Forms Form Designer

To work with the forms form designer:

• View and edit form property values:
  1. Click on the Web Form Designer surface anywhere outside of an occupied space, for example in the upper left corner.

     The form properties display in the tabbed area.

  2. View and change property values as required. For example, Active Control is the control you want the user's cursor to start on when the view first displays.
• To determine where a form is used:
  1. Click on the Web Form Designer surface anywhere outside of an occupied space, for example in the upper left corner.

     The form properties display in the tabbed area.

  2. Select the Usage tab.

     All the views that contain the form are listed.

• To change the width of a column of controls:
  1. Click the column selector above a column.

     The column properties display in the tabbed area.

  2. In the Appearance group, change Width.
  3. Repeat for each column.

     If Size Type is in terms of percentage, the total of all column widths is normalized to 100.

• To add or delete an empty row or column:
  1. Right-click the selection rectangle to the left of a row or above a column.
  2. Use the context menu to delete or insert an empty row or column.
• To add a form: Use Application Architect to add forms. For more information, refer to the Application Architect help topic, 'Create a New Form'.