Form menu for both clients

The basic Form menu is, for the most part, the same in both the web client and the Windows client. The keyboard shortcuts for both clients is also mostly the same.

This table lists and describes the Form menu options for both clients.

Note: Many of these options are not available in Design Mode of the Windows client.
Menu option Action Web client keyboard shortcut Windows client keyboard shortcut
Open Opens the Select Form dialog box, which you can use to locate and select the form you want to open.

See these topics:

 Ctrl + O Ctrl + O
Page Setup Opens the Page Setup dialog box, which allows you to set printer options before printing.

This option is not available in the web client.

n/a n/a
Print Opens the Print Options dialog box, from which you can print a record or a collection of records.

See Printing Records or Collections of Records.

This option is not available in the web client.

n/a Ctrl + P
Print Preview Opens both the Print Options dialog box and the Print Preview dialog box.

Use these dialog boxes to generate a preview before actually printing.

See Previewing a Record or Collection Before Printing.

This option is not available in the web client.

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Export to File In the Windows client, opens the Export Collection to File dialog box.

In the web client, opens Export to File dialog box.

Use this option to export data from a collection to an external file that can be used in another program, such as a spreadsheet.

See Exporting Collections to External Files.

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Close and Save Changes Saves any changes made and then closes the form.

If any records were marked for deletion, permanently deletes those records.

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Close and Cancel Changes Closes the form without saving changes.

Any records that have been changed revert to their original values.

Any records marked for deletion are not deleted and are no longer marked for deletion.

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Definition See Form > Definition submenu for both clients. n/a n/a
Workspaces Opens the Workspaces dialog box, which you can use to define, save, change, and delete workspaces.

See Using Workspaces.

This option is not available in the web client.

n/a Ctrl + W
New Sign In Opens the Sign In dialog box with the current user ID and configuration filled in.

You can sign in to a different configuration from the current configuration. You can also sign in with a different user ID.

In the web client, this option displays as "Sign Out".  

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Exit WinStudio Exits the system, closing the software and all forms.

This option is not available in the web client.

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Recent forms list Displays a list of most recently opened forms, arranged in reverse chronological order.

This list is not labeled as such.

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