Form view

The Form view is located on the left side of the Orbit Front program window and contains the index field controls belonging to a record. The view is used both to search for and view field values after running a search. In a form you can select a value, type a value, leave it blank or use wildcard characters if you don't know the exact value. For examples of wildcard characters and how to use them, click here .

Related Topics:

How to search

Check In/Out

Editing Field Values

Form view pages

If a record contains many fields, the Form view is divided into pages. Use the page buttons in the Form view toolbar to browse through the pages.

Printing the form view

Printing the Form view corresponds to printing the field values.

To print the Form view do the following:

Click on the Form view toolbar button

or click on the menu item File è Print è Form

Before printing you can click on the menu item View è Form Print Preview On in which case the Form view will turn into a Print Preview view. To return back to the normal state, click again on the menu item View è Form Print Preview On.

Changing the background of the form view

You can change the background of the Form view by changing the color or by inserting a bitmap, tiled or not:

1.    Click on the menu item View è Options…

2.    Select one of the radio buttons in Form View Background.

3.    Click Setup... and choose a color or a bitmap.

4.    Click OK.

Setting the date format for date controls in the form view

If your Form view contains date controls, you decide how Orbit Front interprets the dates you enter into the date controls. Set the date format by clicking on the menu item View è Options… and enter the date format in the Date Format edit box. You can enter one or more of the following formats:

If you for instance enter: MMddyy, Orbit Front will interpret the date as: Month with leading zero, Numeric day with leading zero and Year with leading zero, without century.