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 R:BASE form(s) from the database into a file (.frm). Each unloaded form file is accompanied with a .lob file. The unload form file names include the database name, form name, and form version number.

•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 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, with the following additional options provided

•Touch Form(s)... - works like opening the selected object in the designer, making the content dirty, and saving it. The feature allows a user to save hundreds of forms when migrating between current versions.

•EEP Quick Peek - [Ctrl+Alt+Q] generates the Custom EEP documentation to the R:BASE Editor for the selected form(s)