Using the Form wizard

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To use the Form wizard,

1. Choose File|New|Form. Or double-click the leftmost Untitled icon on the Forms page of the dBASE Plus Navigator. Then choose Wizard.

• Go through the steps of the wizard, clicking the Next button when you’re finished with each step. You can specify these things:

The table or query that contains the data you want to use in the form

The table fields you want to include in the form

The layout for fields on the form

Whether you want excess fields to spill over onto tabbed pages (using the TabBox component) or remain on the same page with a vertical scroll bar.

The colors and font for the elements on the form, including the form itself, push buttons, editing and nonediting components. You can select a preset scheme of colors and patterns or define your own and save it, making it available for future use.

The Form wizard generates the form you specify. At the end of the wizard, you have the choice of running the form or opening the form in design mode to further customize it (adding components, changing properties, writing event handlers, and so on).