Form Designer Shortcut Menu

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Contains shortcuts to several useful commands that are in the Form Designer. Items that appear on shortcut menus depend on what you right-click in the Form Designer.

Shortcut Menu Options

Run Form

Runs the form currently displayed in the Form Designer. This command corresponds to the Run Form command in the Form menu.

Paste

Places from the Clipboard cut or copied sections of text at the insertion point. This command corresponds to the Paste command in the Edit menu.

Data Environment

Displays the Data Environment Designer, which allows you to visually create and modify the data environment of the form or form set. This command corresponds to the Data Environment command in the View menu.

Properties

Displays the Properties window. The Properties window can also be displayed by selecting Properties in the View menu.

Builder

Opens the appropriate builder for the selected control. Several different builders can appear depending on the control selected in the Form Designer. If you select an item in the Form Designer which does not have a builder associated with it, a dialog box appears stating that no builders of that type are registered. The following table lists the types of builders available in the Form Designer.

Builder Name Item Select on Form
Form Builder Nothing
Auto Format Builder* Multiple Controls
Edit Box Builder Edit Box Control
Command Group Builder Command Group Control
Text Box Builder Text Box Control
Combo Box Builder Combo Box Control
Option Group Builder Option Group Control
List Box Builder List Box Control
Grid Builder Grid Control

* The AutoFormat Builder corresponds to the Builder Lock button on the Form Controls toolbar.

Code

Displays the Code window. The Code window can also be displayed by selecting Code in the View menu.

Help

Displays Help on the selected item.