R:BASE 11 Help

•New Form... - creates a new form. Selecting this option will prompt you with a dialog to enter necessary information to create a new form.

•Run Form... - runs the selected form. Selecting this option will prompt you with a dialog to choose how you want to run your form.

•Design Form... - opens the selected form in the Form Designer for editing

•Copy Form... - copies the selected form to a new form

•Rename Form... - renames the selected form to a new name

•Delete Form(s)... - deletes the selected form(s)

•Convert Form(s)... - converts R:BASE Windows and DOS forms. Selecting this option will display a list of forms that have not yet been converted. For more information on converting forms from prior versions of R:BASE, refer to the R:BASE Database Conversion Guide (PDF) located in the R:BASE program directory.

•Unload Form(s) - unloads one or more selected forms into a form file (.frm). Each unloaded form file is accompanied with a large object data file (.lob). A single unloaded form includes the database name, form name, and form version number in the file name.

•Unload Form(s) (Multi-file)... - unloads one or more selected forms, where each form is placed into separate form (.frm) and large object data (.lob) files. Each unloaded form includes the database name, form name, and form version number in the file name.

•Load Form(s) - loads R:BASE form file(s) in the database. The default R:BASE form file extension is "frm". Each form file is accompanied with a "lob" file with the same name.

•Save As External Form file... - allows for a Variable Form to be saved as an External Form file. The option is only enabled when a Variable Form is selected.

•Compress Form(s) - compresses the selected form(s) to decrease the form size

•Uncompress Form(s) - will uncompress the selected form(s) to alter the raw form data

•Change Form(s) Theme... - changes the Theme for the selected form(s)

•Remove Form(s) Theme... - removes the Theme for the selected form(s)

•Change Form(s) Color... - changes the form background color for the selected form(s)

•Change Comment... - alters the comment for the selected form

•Reset Version Number... - alters the version number for the selected form

•EEP Quick Edit... - launches the EEP Map utility where EEPs may be reviewed and modified for the selected form

•EEP Quick Peek - opens a temporary file in R:BASE Editor containing all EEP code for the selected form

•Save EEP To Folder... - saves all EEP code for the selected form to a file (FormName.EEP). Prior to saving, a prompt for the destination folder will be displayed.

•Form Preview - with "Save Form with Preview" enabled, a miniature preview of the form is displayed

•Find... - provides search utility to locate specific text in forms:

oFind in Custom EEPs...         [Ctrl]+[F]

oFind in Control Properties...  [Ctrl]+[L]

oFind in Expressions... [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F]

•Refresh - refreshes the form list in the right pane of the Database Explorer

•Help - opens the Database Explorer Help

When right clicking in the Work Space, the menu options are also available.