Form Designer

Navigator > Setup > Form Designer > Layout tab

We recommend only advanced Accredo users who are familiar with Visual Basic style programming use Form Designer.

You can create your own Accredo forms (.pfd files) to interact with Accredo data objects and custom tables. Custom forms are saved in the System Folder/Forms Directory. You can add shortcuts to access custom forms from the Navigator and the Accredo toolbar. The File Menu lists the last 9 files accessed at the end of the menu.

To create forms, Data Interchange (DI) is required, and Table Designer (TD) and Report Designer (RD) are recommended.

You create custom forms by:

Placing components in the Design Window to design the form,
Using Properties and Events to determine component behaviour.

The Form Designer Layout tab contains:

FD Component Palette
FD Component Editor
FD Design Window, from which you can access:

From the Code tab you can access:

FD Code Editor, and use MaxBasic code to determine, events, properties and variables.


Toolbar
	Blank Form `(Ctrl+N)`	Create a blank form.
	Open Form `(Ctrl+O)`	Open an existing form.
	Save Form `(Ctrl+S)`	Save the form as a .pfd file.
	Add Shortcut	Opens the Script Shortcut Editor to create a shortcut to the form. Available after the form is saved.
	Undo (`Ctrl+Z)`	Undo the last editing operation.
	Redo `(Ctrl+Y)`	Redo the last editing operation.
	Cut (`Ctrl+X)`	Cut selected component, text or figures to the clipboard.
	Copy (`Ctrl+C)`	Copy selected component, text or figures to the clipboard.
	Paste `(Ctrl+V)`	Paste previously cut or copied component, text or figures from the clipboard.
	Document Component `(Ctrl+D)`	Document the selected component. Note: You can also press `Ctrl+F1` to document the form.
	Procedure List	Open the Procedure List in the Code Editor.
	Run `(Ctrl+R)`	Execute the form for testing.