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To edit a form you can click on select the Edit | Edit Form menu item or press F9, or click on the red square in the tool bar.
A password is required (the first time) to edit forms, setup, and communications.
Edit Form or F9 menu item
FORM EDITING
The background shows a grid in edit mode and the green arrow is showing with the toolbar. Click the green arrow to go back into the run mode.
Select a component in the edit mode by clicking on it. Selected components have handles around them.
When in the edit mode, the form background changes to a dotted background. If a bitmap image is covering the background, there will be no visible change.
Form in edit mode. Press the Green Arrow Button to back to run mode.
Select multiple components by clicking the form with the left mouse and
dragging until a rectangle is shown. The components touched by the
rectangle will become selected. You can also click on one component
and then shift-click to add or subtract components to the group.
The editing mode allows you to edit the forms and components. If the current user has permission to edit forms, the Red Square Button on the toolbar will be enabled and the menu item, Edit | Edit Forms will be enabled.
Click the Red Square Button or select the menu item and you will be in the edit mode. The Red Square Button has changed to a green arrow. Clicking on the green arrow starts the communications again and the program goes back into run mode.
Use the right mouse button to click on one of the selected components.
A popup menu will allow you to align controls, size controls, bring to the
front, or send to the back. Use the right click to select the properties of
one component without moving it on the form.
Note: The cut, copy and paste commands are only enabled when the form is in edit mode.
If you go back to the run mode, components that have been copied or cut will be removed from clipboard.
Cut
The Cut menu item or Ctrl-X can be used to remove a component from the form in the edit mode. When you cut a component from a form it can be pasted back to the same form or to any other form. Multiple components can be cut, copied or pasted.
Copy
The Copy menu item or Ctrl-C is very similar to the Cut command. To copy a component to the clipboard, select the component and press Ctrl-C or select the menu Edit | Copy. This is done only in the Edit Mode. You can then paste Ctrl-V the component back to the form as many times as needed.
Paste
The Paste menu item or Ctrl-V is used along with Copy and Cut. When a component is copied to the clipboard (by the Copy or Cut command), that component can be pasted back to the form by pressing Ctrl-V or selecting the menu item. Multiple copies of one component can be pasted to one or more forms. Just use the Ctrl-V command to paste the copied component as many times as needed.
Nudging
You can nudge components if they are selected. Just press the Ctrl + Arrow Keys. You can also resize the component (pixel by pixel) by using the Shift + Arrow Keys. If multiple components are selected, all components will be moved or resized.
Make Form Bitmap (Normal)
Make form bitmaps copies the current form into the clipboard for pasting into reports. The main problem with this method may be the width of the bitmap (usually to big). Use this method if you want to paste the bitmap into a paint program or other program for editing.
Make Form Bitmap (Scaled)
Make form bitmap scaled copies the current form into the clipboard and resizes the bitmap to fit into an existing report width (about 7"). Use this option if you want to make a report with the form image as part of the report.
Set Parsing Preferences
Set the parsing preferences to reset the parameters needed when loading a new file.
Parsing preferences take effect when parsing files of data and when switching from monitoring to downloading the datartu's logged data.
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