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Using VIFRED
 
What Is Visual Forms Editor (VIFRED)?
VIFRED Frames and Operations
Start VIFRED
VIFRED Forms Catalog Frame
Create New and Duplicate Forms
Form Layout Frame
Form Attributes
Form Display Style
Borders for Pop-up Forms
Form Size and Position
Save a Form
Destroy Forms
Edit Existing Forms
Rename Forms
Compile Forms
Print Forms
QBFNames Operation
Run QBF from VIFRED
What Is Visual Forms Editor (VIFRED)?
The VIFRED is a visually oriented tool for creating or modifying the appearance of forms. You can use your customized forms with QBF to display, add, or modify data in your database, or in applications that you design using ABF, Vision, or an embedded query language.
With VIFRED, you can create custom forms or edit and enhance default forms in the following ways:
• Set the default display style to full-screen or pop-up, or change the dimensions of a form, field, or data area
• Specify the order in which fields appear in the window or are accessed
• Create lines, boxes, and other trim, as well as instructions and information for the end user that make the form more attractive or easier to understand
• Edit a field's default title to more accurately describe its purpose, or specify color, underlining, blinking, or other attributes for a field
• Define fields that scroll horizontally, are display-only or query-only
• Make entry in a field mandatory, specify an automatic default value, or establish validity checks to verify that the information entered into a field meets certain criteria
• Change error messages that appear if a user enters incorrect data
Last modified date: 08/28/2024