[libreoffice-users] Re: Tutorial for Base Design Forms

Le 20/06/11 12:19, John B a écrit :

Hi John,

> I am hopeless. I tried the wizard in 3.3.3, sure enough the fields were
> added but displayed as a spreadsheet (as is data) instead of a
> re-designable format for just one record, AND the design /edit button is
> greyed out (as are most of the other buttons) and at the top,  the
> wizard says "read only".  There is also no matrix.

Not hopeless, just less experienced with the way the wizard works. Once
you understand that, it does get easier, apart from the BUGS ;-), which
really don't help novices out at all.

The grid form display is the default that the wizard selects for you in
Step 3 of the wizard where you get to choose the automatic layout of
your fields. In that dialog, you have the choice of 4 settings :

- Column layout, with labels to the left of the fields
- Column layout, with labels above the fields
- Grid
- Block layout, with labels above the fields.

As click between each of these choices, you will notice the arrangement
of your underlying form change.

You can then just click on "Finish" for the time being because the
intermediate steps provided thereafter are only relevant if you want to
prevent people from adding or modifying data (i.e. if you want a read
only form), or if you want to change the background colour of the form
(which is currently broken).

Save your form. Close it.

Now right-mouse button click on your form in the list of forms in your
main database file window. Choose "Edit" or "Modify" (I don't have an
English version to hand at the moment, so I'm guessing), the form should
then open in "Form Edit Mode". You can then go about setting page
defaults, background colours, fiddling with your form fields, etc.

By default, Labels and Fields are grouped together, so when you click on
them with the mouse, it is the whole group that is selected, with which
you can only do a rather limited set of operations (copy, paste, etc).
To edit one or the other of the members of the group, left mouse button
click to select, then right mouse button click on the selected group to
bring up a context menu where you will see Groups > Enter group. This
then lets you select the individual element of the group that you wish
to edit. You can even split the group if you wish, although be aware
that if you do that and then start moving things around, your label or
your field will not follow. Each element of the group can be modified
using a right mouse button click to select its properties.


An alternative to this is to use the "Form Navigator" which, when
activated, dispplays all of the elements on a form, including a
hierarchical view of any subforms you might have created.
Double-clicking on any entry in the Form Navigator should give you acess
to that element's properties.


Alex



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