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35<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Form Design</title>
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39<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
40<lastedited date="2006-02-28T10:33:40">FPE: Reformatted and cleaned</lastedited>
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44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148668"><bookmark_value>forms; designing (Base)</bookmark_value>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148668" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="formularentwurf"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/04030000.xhp" name="Form Design">Form Design</link>
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48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Any $[officename] document can be expanded into a form. Simply add one or more form controls.</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="3">Open the Form Controls toolbar. The Form Controls toolbar contains the <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp" name="functions">functions</link> needed to edit a form. More functions can be found in the <emph>Form Design</emph> bar and <emph>More Controls</emph> bar.</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">In the form design you can <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp" name="include controls">include controls</link>, <link href="text/shared/02/01170100.xhp" name="apply properties">apply properties</link> to them, define <link href="text/shared/02/01170200.xhp" name="Form properties">Form properties</link>, and <link href="text/shared/02/01170203.xhp" name="define subforms">define subforms</link>.</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">The<emph> Form Navigator</emph> icon
52<image id="img_id3156002" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_showfmexplorer.png" width="4.23mm" height="4.23mm"><alt id="alt_id3156002" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
53	</image> on the Form Design bar opens the <link href="text/shared/02/01170600.xhp" name="Form Navigator"><emph>Form Navigator</emph></link>.</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">The <link href="text/shared/02/01171000.xhp" name="Open in Design Mode"><emph>Open in Design Mode</emph></link> icon
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56	</image> allows you to save a form document so that it always opens in editing mode.</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">If there is an error when assigning properties to the objects contained in the form (for example, when assigning a non-existent database table to an object), a corresponding error message appears. This error message may contain a <emph>More</emph> button. <ahelp hid="dummy">If you click <emph>More</emph>, a dialog displaying more information about the current problem appears.</ahelp></paragraph>
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