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#It creates a Form and it's Objects.
#It creates a Form and it's Objects.
#It creates the columns for the Form's Browse Form.
#It creates the columns for Browse of BrowseEdit type Forms.
#Adds a Button Object on the '''Testing Tab''' of the Developer's Home Page.
#Adds a Button Object on the '''Testing Tab''' of the Developer's Home Page.
#Creates a new table in the database. (If there is not one by that name already - if these is, nothing will happen to that table)
#Creates a new table in the database. (If there is not one by that name already - if these is, nothing will happen to that table)

Revision as of 01:54, 14 July 2017

The Form Builder will create a Fast Form.

A Fast Form is just a term that refers to a Form built with the Form Builder.

The Form Builder does 3 or 4 things.

  1. It creates a Form and it's Objects.
  2. It creates the columns for Browse of BrowseEdit type Forms.
  3. Adds a Button Object on the Testing Tab of the Developer's Home Page.
  4. Creates a new table in the database. (If there is not one by that name already - if these is, nothing will happen to that table)


Create Fast Form

To create a Fast Form you will need to do 3 things..


Enter Table Name

This is a nuScroll Object that will allow you to do 1 of 2 things.

  1. Create a new table name and it's field names.
  2. Choose an existing table and then be able to scroll through it's field names in all of the Field Name Objects.

Add Objects

To create a Fast Form the Form Builder has the following predefined Objects..

Clicking one of these Object will add a record to the subform list of Objects to be created, and allow you to do 2 things.

  1. Allow you to change it's Label
  2. Allow you to change it's Field Name

The possible choice of Objects is...

(Clicking on ? will show what each Object does and looks like.)

  • Input:text
  • Input:button
  • Input:checkbox
  • Input:nuAutoNumber
  • Input:nuScroll
  • Input:nuDate
  • Input:nuNumber
  • Input:number
  • Input:file
  • Word
  • Calc
  • Display
  • Lookup
  • HTML
  • Select
  • Select:multiselect
  • Textarea
  • Image

Create Fast Form

Click the Action Button named Build Fast Form.

This will create all that is needed by the new Form and display a message that will take you to it's newly created Button on the Testing Tab.