1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedguidedata_formsxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Forms</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5762199"><bookmark_value>opening;forms</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>forms;creating</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>design view;creating forms</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_forms"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp">Working with Forms</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Using forms, you can define how to present the data. Open a text document or a spreadsheet and insert the controls such as push buttons and list boxes. In the properties dialogs of the controls, you can define what data the forms should display.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Form With the Form Wizard</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, you can create a new form using the <link href="text/shared/autopi/01090000.xhp">Form Wizard</link>:</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new form.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Form</emph>.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Form Manually</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new form.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Form in Design View</emph>.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">A new text document opens. Use the <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp">Form Controls</link> to insert form controls.</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN10670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon to access all forms that were created from within the current database window. In addition, you can use the <emph>Form Controls</emph> icons to add database form controls to any Writer or Calc document, but these documents will not be listed in the database window. </paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 77