Forms-Based Application Development Tools User Guide > Part 3: Applications-By-Forms > Overview of ABF > Types of Frames
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Types of Frames
ABF has three types of frames:
User-specified
Custom frames created by the application developer through ABF and 4GL
QBF
Frames that perform database queries. ABF calls QBF to create these frames.
Report
Frames that display or print reports. ABF calls Report-Writer and RBF to create these frames.
All frames, regardless of type, are made up of the same basic components and all access data in the database tables. The following figure shows a sample of each type of frame, with its connection to the Ingres tool that defines it:
The following sections illustrate and discuss each frame type.
Last modified date: 11/09/2022