Form Only forms

Form Only forms are specialized forms designed to display without the the typical framework: Explorer, toolbar, menus, and so on. While many of these forms are designed for mobile device use, they need not be. Form Only forms, rather, are typically designed for "consumer UI" applications; that is, applications designed with a sleeker, more consumer-oriented look-and-feel.

Because they typically do not include the standard framework navigational and operational elements, Form Only forms must compensate in other ways. By default, when you create a form specifically as a Form Only form with the Form Wizard, the wizard automatically creates several navigational and operational icons/buttons:

New: Allows the user to create a new record for the associated IDO collection.
Save: Allows the user to save a new or modified record.
Delete: Allows the user to delete a selected record.
Refresh: Allows the user to refresh the current IDO collection without having to close and reopen the form.
First: Navigates the user to the first record in the collection.
Previous; Navigates the user to the record that immediately precedes the current record.
Next: Navigates the user to the record that immediately follows the current record.
Last: Navigates the user to the last record in the collection.
Close: Prompts the user to save any unsaved work and then closes the form.

Note: Most of the keyboard shortcuts used in a typical form (such as F4 to execute Filter-in-Place) and standard events (such as Open, Save, and Apply Saved Filter) also work with the Form Only form.

Although these icons/buttons (and their associated form events and handlers) are created automatically by the Form Wizard, you are not obligated to keep or use them; and you can also create other navigational or operational components of your own, as need dictates.