Using the Windows Designer

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This section describes how to perform many of the tasks that can be carried out using the Windows Designer. The following topics are covered:

Bitmaps

· How to Insert Bitmaps

Borders

· How to Change the Border Color of an Object

 

· How to Change the Border Type of an Object

Buttons

· How to Insert a Close Button

 

· How to Insert Two or More Buttons

 

· Example: Creating a Button Group

 

· How to Delete Lookup Buttons

Controls

· How to Insert Controls

 

· How to Design Controls

 

· How to Insert a Bar Chart, Pie Chart, or Line Chart

 

· How to Insert a Check Box

 

· How to Insert a Dropdown List Box or Combo Box

 

· How to Insert a List View

 

· How to Refer to the Current Item of a Tree View or List View

 

· How to Insert Option Buttons

 

· How to Insert a Slider

 

· How to Insert a Spin Box

 

· How to Insert Tab Pages

 

· Example: Subtype Tab Pages

Columns

· How to Make Columns Non-Displayed Dynamically

Dialogs

· How to Design Dialogs

Decisions

· How to Define Decisions

Extra Queries

· How to Insert Extra Queries

 

· Example: Adding a Computed Column

Fields

· How to Align Fields into Two or More Columns

 

· How to Change the Order of Fields within Column Boxes

 

· How to Determine the Space between Prompts and Fields

 

· How to Make Fields Non-displayed

 

· How to Make Non-displayed Fields Displayed

Highlighting

· How to Highlight the Current Record

Info Boxes

· How to Design Info Boxes

Miscellaneous

· Example: Child Box Background Color Dependent on Parent Data

 

· How to Call Your Own Windows

 

· How to Call Your Own Lookup Windows

 

· How to Pass a Value to Another Window

 

· How to Change the Tab Order of a Window/Dialog

 

· How to Insert Additional Info Boxes

 

· How to Use a Secondary Info Box

 

· Example: Secondary Window

 

· How to Insert Joined Columns

 

· How to Insert Related Info Boxes

 

· How to Make an Object Resizable Within a Window or Dialog

Orientation

· How to Change the Orientation of an Object

 

· How to Drag and Drop Objects within Containers

Spreadsheet

· How to Define Spreadsheet Look

 

· How to Change the Properties of Columns in a Spreadsheet

 

· How to Change the Prompts of Spreadsheet Columns

 

· How to Change the Width of All Cells in a Spreadsheet

 

· How to Change the Width of a Column in a Spreadsheet

 

· How to Make a Spreadsheet Resizable

Style Guide

· How to Create a Style Guide

 

· How to Use the Controls for Style Sheet Option

Tree Views

· How to Insert a Tree View

 

· SQL Statements Used in Tree Views

 

· How to Add Icons to a Tree View

 

· How to Add an Overlay Condition to a Tree View

 

· How to Add a Popup Menu and Double-click Behavior to a Tree View

 

· How to Expand a Tree View Initially

 

· How to Add more than one Child Node to a Tree View Node

 

· How to Refer to the Current Item of a Tree View or List View

 

· How to Synchronize a Tree View or List View with an Info Box

 

· How to Open a Window from a Tree View or List View

 

· How to Make a Recursive Tree View

 

· How to Define a Project Catalog

 

· Example: Creating a Project Catalog