The Forms toolbar contains the tools that you need to create
an interactive form. You can use the toolbar to add controls to a
form in a text document, spreadsheet, and presentation.
To access this command...
Choose View
- Toolbar - Forms
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To add a control to a document
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On the Forms toolbar, click the icon
of the control that you want to add.
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In the document, drag to create the
control.
To create a square control
field, hold down the Shift key while you drag.
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To add a field from the field list of a table or query to a
form, drag a cell into the form. In a text document, you can also
drag a column header to add a field to a form. To include a label
for the field, hold down the Ctrl+Shift key down when you drag a column
head. |
Modifying a Control
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Right-click the control and choose
Control.
A dialog opens where you can define the properties of the control.
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To specify a accelerator key for a
control, add a tilde (~) in front of the character in the label for
the control.
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You can drag and drop controls from
one document to another document. You can also copy and paste controls
between documents. When you insert a control from another document, Lotus® Symphony™ analyzes the data
source, content type, and content properties of the control so that
the control fits the logical structure in the target document. For
example, a control that displays contents from an address book continues
to display the same contents after you copy the control to a different
document. You can view these properties on the Data tab page of the Form properties dialog.
Toggles
the Design mode on or off. This function is used to switch quickly
between Design and User mode. Activate to edit the form controls,
deactivate to use the form controls.
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Design Mode on/off |
Push Button
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Creates a push button. This function can be
used to execute a command for a defined event, such as a mouse click.
You can apply text and graphics to
these buttons.
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Label Field
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Creates a field for displaying text. These
labels are only for displaying predefined text. Entries cannot be
made in these fields. |
Text Box
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Creates a text box. Text boxes
are fields in which the user can enter text. In a form, text boxes
display data or allow for new data input. |
List Box
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Creates a list box. A list box
lets users select an entry from a list. |
Combo Box
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Creates a combo box. A combo box
is a single-line list box with a drop-down list from which users choose
an option. You can assign the "read-only" property to the combo box
so that users cannot enter other entries than those found in the list. |
Group Box
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Adds a frame that you can use to visually
group similar controls, such as option buttons. |
Option Button
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Creates an option button. Option
buttons enable the user to choose one of several options. Option buttons
with the same functionality are given the same name. |
Check Box
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Creates a check box. Check boxes
allow you to activate or deactivate a function in a form. |
Spin Button
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Creates a spin button. |
If you add a spin button to a Lotus Symphony spreadsheet, you
can use the Data tab page to create a two-way link between the spin
button and a cell. As a result, when you change the contents of a
cell, the contents of the spin button are updated. Conversely, if
you change the value of the spin button, the contents of the cell
are updated.
Scrollbar
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Creates a scrollbar. |
You can specify the following properties
for a scrollbar:
Table 1. Scrollbar propertiesUI name |
Semantics |
Scroll value min |
Specifies the minimum height or the minimum
width of a scrollbar. |
Scroll value max |
Specifies the maximum height or the maximum
width of a scrollbar. |
Default scroll value |
Specifies the default value of a scrollbar,
used when the form is reset. |
Orientation |
Specifies the orientation of a scrollbar, that
is, horizontal or vertical. |
Small change |
Specifies the minimum amount by which you can
scroll a scrollbar, for example, by clicking an arrow. |
Large change |
Specifies the amount that a large step scrolls
a scrollbar, for example, when you click between the scrollbar thumb
and a scrollbar arrow. |
Delay |
Specifies the delay in milliseconds between
scrollbar trigger events. For example, the delay that occurs when
you click an arrow button on the scrollbar and hold down the mouse
button. |
Symbol color |
Specifies the color of the arrows on the scrollbar. |
Visible Size |
Specifies
the size of the scrollbar thumb in "value units". For example, a value
of ("Scroll value max." minus "Scroll value min.") / 2 results in
a scrollbar thumb that occupies half of the scrollbar.
To make the width of the scrollbar
equal to the height of the scrollbar, set the Visible Size to zero.
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In a Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets spreadsheet, you
can use the Data tab page to create a two-way link between a scrollbar
and a cell.
Image Button
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Creates a button displayed as an image. Aside
from the graphic representation, an image button has the same properties
as a "normal" button. |
Image Control
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Creates
an image control. It can only be used to add images from a database. In
the form document, double-click one of these controls to open the Insert Graphic dialog to insert the image.
There is also a context menu (not in design mode) with commands for
inserting and deleting the image.
Images
from a database can be displayed in a form, and new images can be
inserted in the database as long as the image control is not write-protected.
The control must refer to a database field of the image type. Therefore,
enter the data field into the properties window on the Data tab page.
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File Selection
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Creates a button that enables file selection. |
Navigation Bar
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Creates a navigation bar. The navigation bar allows you
to move through the records of a database or a database form.
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Date Field
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Adds a date field. |
Time Field
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Adds a time field. |
Numeric Field
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Adds a numeric field. |
Pattern Field
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Adds a masked field. A masked field
consists of an input mask and a literal mask. The input mask determines
which user data can be entered. The literal mask determines the state
of the masked field when the form is loaded. |
Formatted Field
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Creates a formatted field. A formatted
field is a text box in which you can define how the inputs and outputs
are formatted, and which limiting values apply. |
Currency Field
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Adds a currency field. |