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  • Page 1 Form Designer User Guide DOC-FD-UG-US-23/02/06...
  • Page 2 No portion of this manual may be copied, reproduced or transmitted by any means whatsoever, for purposes other than the personal use of the buyer, unless written permission is obtained from Braton Groupe sarl. ©2006 Braton Groupe sarl, All rights reserved.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ........1-1 Introduction.
  • Page 4 Setting the Textbox properties ......2-25 Setting the Preview properties ......2-25 Setting the Datagrid properties .

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction

    C H A P T E R Introduction Introduction Form Designer is a visual designing tool that allows the rapid building of front-end data entry and label printing applications. It includes features such as: • Label and printer type selection •...

  • Page 6: The Menu Bar

    Chapter 1 - 2 Form Designer User Guide The Menu bar The Menu bar comprises itself of 6 items: File, Edit, View, Data, Layout and Help. When clicked, each item will expand showing a new list of items, to allow the user to perform a variety of functions.
  • Page 7 Form Designer User Guide Chapter 1 - 3 Each control serves a special purpose. They can be linked to fixed or variable data and can be associated with actions. To insert a control into your form; simply click on the control and drag and drop it into the form.

  • Page 8: The Properties Grid

    Chapter 1 - 4 Form Designer User Guide Control Description DatabaseGrid displays the database defined in the properties along with some basic functionalities such as filters and search fields. PictureBox a box where an image can be imported into Preview...

  • Page 9: The Status Bar

    Form Designer User Guide Chapter 1 - 5 INDOW The Status bar The Status bar gives you the x axis and y axis location of your pointer, the form name and the name and basic details of the control you have selected.
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 - 6 Form Designer User Guide Action Show the options dialog box Displays an options dialog box where you can, for instance, change the display language and other settings. Action Show the printing dialog box Displays the print dialog box where you print from.
  • Page 11 Form Designer User Guide Chapter 1 - 7 Label Copy Lets the printer know how many identical copies of each label should be printer Inter Cut Lets the printer know how many labels to print before each cut. Page Copy...
  • Page 12 Chapter 1 - 8 Form Designer User Guide New Window Opens the chosen file in a new window if set to true Action Execute a VB Script Allows the user to execute a user-defined VB Script that can perform actions beyond the Form Designer’s capabilities.

  • Page 13: Chapter 2: Creating A Form

    C H A P T E R Creating a form The designing Designing forms is easy with Form Designer. All controls can be added to a form by way of drag and drop, then configured in the properties grid to set color, text, action... To show you how to create a form, we will reproduce 2 examples: the DBF.xmf form and the Generic.xmf form.

  • Page 14: Dbform.xmf

    Chapter 2 - 10 Form Designer User Guide DBForm.xmf This simple form includes a Database Grid where you can quickly view, change or add data in your database. • Placing the For this example, you will need to drag and drop the...

  • Page 15: Setting The Control Properties (With Data)

    Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 11 • Font size: 8,25 • Font Bold: True • Name: lblPrinter • Contents > Type: Fixed Contents • Contents > Value: Printer: • Font name: MS Sans Serif • Font size: 8,25 •...

  • Page 16: Setting The Database Grid's Properties

    Chapter 2 - 12 Form Designer User Guide through these controls, their properties and configurations. Setting the Database grid’s properties A Database grid allows the user to view a pre-selected database. A selected row will display the associated label in the preview box. The user can Add, Delete, Filter and Search for information with the Database grid.

  • Page 17: Setting The Text Box's Properties

    Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 13 print button to set the label’s default printer as the one be used for printing and to state the number of labels printed. To add these new variables: 1 Click on the down-arrow from the Variables field.

  • Page 18: Setting The Combo Box's Properties

    Chapter 2 - 14 Form Designer User Guide (this variable was created in the form properties) Setting the Combo box’s properties The ComboBox is used to select a printer from the predefined list. To set the properties: • Contents >Type: Variable contents •...
  • Page 19 Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 15 5 Click on parameters. A new dialog box appears. 6 Set Type as Variable 7 Set Value as Printer (which you can select from a drop down list... Printer is the form variable created in the form properties).
  • Page 20 Chapter 2 - 16 Form Designer User Guide 2 Click on the button. A new dialog box appears 3 Go to Various > Description and select Load new form from the drop-down menu. 2 parameters must be defined. • File Name: set Type as Fixed and Value as MainMenu.xmf...

  • Page 21: Example 2

    Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 17 Example 2 Generic.xmf This form allows you to see some of the more advanced features of Form Designer. It lets you choose a label from a list, view its data variables, preview your label, choose how many label copies you would like printed as well as configure and select the printer to be used.

  • Page 22: Setting The Control Properties (No Data)

    Chapter 2 - 18 Form Designer User Guide Place the items as in the following diagram: • Setting the control When you select a control in your form, the associated list of properties (no data) properties will be displayed in the Properties Grid.
  • Page 23 Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 19 • Image File Name: RandD.jpg ( clicking on the down- arrow will open a dialog box: Select Fixed and locate the image in the Icons folder of you software’s directory) • Alignment: TopCenter •...

  • Page 24: Setting The Control Properties (With Data)

    Chapter 2 - 20 Form Designer User Guide 8 Set the TextBox properties as follows: • Name: tbxQty 9 Set the ComboBox properties as follows: • Name: cbxPrinters 10 Set the DatagridBox properties as follows: • Name: dgdVariables • Setting the control Setting the Buttons’...
  • Page 25 Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 21 • Label Quantity: leave with default settings • Label Copy: leave with default settings • Inter Cut: leave with default settings • Page Copy: leave with default settings 6 Click OK The Print button has been configured to print the selected label.

  • Page 26: Setting The Form Properties

    Chapter 2 - 22 Form Designer User Guide 7 Repeat steps 6 : name it New Window and set its value as True 8 Click OK The Back to Portal button has been configured to open the MainMenu.xmf file which allows the user to select a printer, change its settings, manage printers, modify the page setup and navigate to other forms.

  • Page 27: Setting The Listbox Properties

    Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 23 3 Type-in Label Selection 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for Printer Selection and Label Quantity These variables will be required when configuring the ListBox, the TextBox and the ComboBox. As mentioned earlier, there is no fixed attached label.

  • Page 28: Setting The Combobox Properties

    Chapter 2 - 24 Form Designer User Guide 5 Select fixed and locate the Label folder in your software’s directory 6 Click OK 7 Under Data > Value > Filter, type-in *.lab to select all .lab files present in the Label folder, regardless of their name...
  • Page 29 Form Designer User Guide Chapter 2 - 25 the the workstation or network. Setting the Textbox properties This TextBox is used to tell the printer how many label copies it must print. The number entered in the textbox by the user defines the number of copies. If a counter is present on the label, the counter will be incremented with each label copy.
  • Page 30 Chapter 2 - 26 Form Designer User Guide 4 Click on Data > Table > Title and set it as Please enter data Once you have followed all these steps, go to View > Execution or press F4 to execute your form and test that...

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