KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q128209: Description of Design Mode in Screens, Reports, & Labels

Article: Q128209
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 12-FEB-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY
=======

Reports, labels, and screens are in a design mode when they are opened through
the menu or through the MODIFY command from the Command window. Reports and
labels can toggle from design mode to print preview while screens toggle between
design mode and tab order.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The report designer and the Label Designer each have two modes of operation
called the design mode and the preview mode. The design mode is shown initially.
The Page Header, Detail, and Page Footer bands are displayed so you can modify
the fields and layout of the report or label.

Print preview is the second mode and can be accessed through the menu. From the
File menu, choose Print Preview, or from the View menu, choosh Preview. There is
also a print preview button on the standard toolbar. Print preview allows you to
see how the report will look printed without actually sending the report to the
printer.

To toggle back to the report design mode, choose Design from the View menu, or
choose the Close Preview button from the print preview toolbar. Because design
and print preview are two modes of the report designer, if you choose Close from
the Command menu or press CTRL+F4, you will close both the design and print
preview modes of the report designer.

The form designer also has two modes of operation. As with the report designer,
the design mode is initially displayed when creating a new screen or modifying
an existing one. The design mode is where objects can be placed on the screen
and code entered for different events. The second mode is tab order. The
sequence of object selection when tabbing through a screen is set when the form
designer is in tab order mode. The first two buttons on the form designer
toolbar allow you to toggle between design mode and tab order. The View menu
also allows you to choose between the design and tab order modes.

Additional query words: VFoxWin 3.00

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.