Creating a new method

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To create a new method, select an event in the Inspector, then click the tool button to the right of the text box. This creates the skeleton of a new method and links it to the event. The Source editor receives focus.

You can write a new method to link to the current event in the Inspector, or you can display the Edit Event dialog box to link the event to an existing method.

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A method is a function defined in a class. The Form and Report designers are object-oriented; forms and reports are classes. Therefore all methods are defined and appear in the Source editor with the reserved word function, and are sometimes (loosely) referred to as functions.