Type |
Choose one of the following: |
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User Form |
Includes the form in the client's Message > New Message Special or File > New Document Special menu. |
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Form Template |
For all other forms. The form does not appear in menus. This is commonly used for additional forms for a database extension. |
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Form Stationery |
Makes the form either stationery or the main form for a database extension. The form does not appear in menus. |
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Toolbar |
Uses the form as a category in the Customize Toolbar form in the FirstClass client. |
Name |
The name that appears in the forms list. |
Title |
The name that appears in the form's title bar. |
Range |
The category to which the form belongs. Each form category has a range of valid resource IDs associated with it. These are the available form categories: |
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Local Form |
Forms used only on your server. Use this category for forms that will only be used at one site, and not replicated to other sites. Valid resource IDs are 1000 to 1999. User Forms with these IDs are displayed in the Message > New Message Special menu. |
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Document Form |
Forms that can't be addressed. Valid resource IDs are 2000 to 2999. User Forms with these IDs are displayed in the File > New Document Special menu. |
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Registered Form |
Forms used only on your server. These forms can be replicated to other sites. Valid resource IDs are 6000 to 6999. |
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Database Query |
Forms used to enter queries using database extensions or FirstClass Application Services applications. Valid resource IDs are 8000 to 9999. |
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Database Hit List |
Forms used to return the results of database queries. Valid resource IDs are 10000 to 10999. |
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Reserved |
 Reserved for FirstClass. Do
not create forms of this type. |
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Toolbar |
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ID |
The resource ID number. To automatically generate a unique resource ID, click Unique ID. If you assign your own resource ID, it must be valid for the form category you chose at "Range". If you want this form to replace one of the default forms, type the resource ID of the default form. |
Icon |
The icon that will represent this form. To change the icon, click it, then choose a new icon from the popup menu. To delete the icon, press Delete. |
Style |
The way you want this form to appear: |
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Standard |
A normal window. |
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Nonresizable |
A window that users can't resize. |
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Floating |
Applies when you run
FirstClass in MDI mode. A window that is independent of the parent window. |
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Floating (no frame) |
Like a splash screen. |
Menu |
Whether the form will include the FirstClass menu (Default Menu) or not (No Menu). |
Character set |
The character set of the text on the form. For English and Western European languages, accept the default. |
Do not run field control when form loads |
Prevents any field control code that you have specified for the fields on this form from running when the form is first opened. Field control code only runs when users change values on the form. |
Form position |
The location of the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the form, as well as the form's height and width in pixels. |
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