Creating a form

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You can create a form in two ways:

1. Use the Form wizard. The Form wizard creates a data-entry form. It presents you with a series of options, and based on your selections, creates a form It saves time, and you can modify and further develop the form in the Form designer. See Using the Form wizard.

• Use the Form designer. Here you can create a form from scratch, by dragging components onto the form and specifying their properties. Since components have built-in functionality, you can actually create very simple applications with little or no coding. However, to create more complex and highly customized applications, you need to write your own event handlers and methods for various components.

During form creation, press F12 to open the Source editor, where you can see and edit the dBL code generated by dBASE Plus as you design your form. Pressing F12 toggles you between the visual design view and the integrated Source editor.