Designer Screen


This is the worksheet proper. You can design personalized screens for your databases by dragging controls onto the workspace. Using Screen Designer describes how to use this screen.

Screen Designer

1.

Barmenu Options

2.

Workspace

3.

Controls

4.

Control's Option screen. Enter specifics for each control.


Barmenu Options

File

Display the File Menu.

  Save -

Save the current screen changes.

  Exit -

Save and Exit the current page.

Edit

Display the Edit Menu.

  Undo -

Ctrl + Z Undo the last action.

  Redo -

Ctrl + Y Restore the last undo.

  Cut -

Ctrl + X Cut the current item from the form.

  Copy -

Ctrl + C Copy the current form to the clipboard.

  Paste -

Ctrl + V Paste the clipboard to the form at the cursor position.

  Select All -

Ctrl + A Select all items in the workspace.

  Snap to Grid -

Toggle invisible grid.

There is an invisible grid of 5 Pixels by 5 Pixels on the screen for the Screen Designer. When you have that option turned on, every time you place an item on the screen, it will be lined up to the nearest grid square. This is useful if you are trying to line everything up by eye, without going in and modify each item's Top or Left property.

You might not want to have the snap to Grid option on if you are trying to put several things on the screen, or you want things closer together than the 5 X 5 grid.

Help

Display the Help menu.

  About -

Display the current version of Mark-It Designer.


Workspace

The Workspace is the area that is displayed in the database when you select the tabbed option. Dragging controls into this area is a simple as clicking on a control, holding the mouse button down, and pulling the control to the area of the screen where the you want the control. You can fine tune the location of each control by using the Control Option screen (see below).


Controls

The controls represent the functionality of the screen you are creating. Each of the controls you use can be mapped to merge fields allowing you the freedom to design very personalized merge documents.

Designer Controls

1.

This control is for the labeling the screen or each control you drag onto the workspace.

2.

This control inserts a single-line text field.

3.

This control inserts a multi-line text area.

4.

This control inserts a checkbox.

5.

This control inserts a drop-down list.


Option Screen

The Option Screen is specific to the control that you have dragged onto the workspace. The Option Screen allows you formatting that makes your screen creations consistent and functional. The Option Screen will set the control's availability for mail merging.

Control Property Main

Control Property for Fields

Name

This text is entered in the control's field. This text will display on the tab of the screen in the database you select. For this example, the tab would be named Favorites in the Contact database (the contact card).

Name

This text is entered in the control's field.

Tabbed

Toggle True or False.

Associated

Associated the control with another field in the database.

Database

Select the database for the screen by highlighting the database in the drop-down menu.

Height

Set the height of the control's field.

Left

Set the left edge of the control.

Top

Set the top edge of the control.

Value

This text is entered in the control's field. NOTE: this is the FAVORITES label in the example.

Width

Set the width of the control's field.