Creating a Form Only form

To create a Form Only type form:

  1. In Design Mode, launch the New Form Wizard.
  2. In the first page of the wizard, select the Create new form option, and then click Next.
  3. In the next page, complete the following required fields:
    • In the Name field, perform one of these actions:
      • Select from the drop-down list the name of an existing form to use as the basis for the new form.
      • Type a name for the new form.

        Form names must be unique.

    • From the Form Type drop-down list, select Form Only.
    • From the Data Source drop-down list, select an IDO to return the primary collection.
  4. Optionally, specify a default Device Type , a Query Form, and any comments.

    Comments are stored with the form definition and do not appear anywhere on the actual form.

  5. Click Next.
  6. In the next page of the wizard (Select Properties), specify the properties of the IDO that are to be used with components in the new form.

    See New Form Wizard, Select Properties page.

  7. Click Next.
  8. In the next page of the wizard (Properties), you can specify:
    • The order in which the properties are listed, which determines the order in which they display on the form initially
    • The captions for properties/components
    • Any containment
    • What component class, if any, is to be applied to each property/component

    See New Form Wizard, Properties.

  9. If one of the properties is a subcollection property, the wizard prompts you to identify the subcollection information.

    See New Form Wizard, Link Properties.

  10. Click Next.

    The wizard displays the Select Properties page again.

  11. Specify the properties of the subcollection IDO that are to be used and displayed in the subcollection grid.
  12. Click Next.

    The wizard displays the Properties page again.

  13.  Specify the order, the captions, and any other desired subcollection information for each property.
  14. Click Next .
  15. Optionally, to create a template from the new form, select the Save Template option.
  16. Click Finish.
The New Form Wizard creates the form, populates it with a number of default navigational and operational buttons, and opens a rough version of the form in Design Mode.

From there, you can further modify the form to meet your needs.