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Main Window

The main window is where the thumbnails for the active project are displayed (if Visual Forms has been activated for it). Commands are available on the Toolbar as well as Context Menu from within this window. 

 

The caption of the dockable window includes the active project name. 

 

Available Toolbar Commands

 

Command 
Description 
Open Form 
Opens the selected form in the editor and closes the dialog. Action also occurs when double clicking the item. 
Filter 
Select this command to only display forms that are currently opened in the editor. This command is a toggle. 
Select Form 
Display the Select Form dialog. 
Refresh Selected (drop) 
Recapture the selected form.

Drop down menu items
Refresh All Recapture all forms in the active project.
Replace Replace the existing capture with a file on disk. 
Activate 
Activate Visual Forms functionality for the active project. Requires the capture of all forms in the active project. 
Options 
Display the Options dialog. 
Actual Size (drop) 
Return the thumbnails back to the size they were captured at.

Drop down menu items
Increase Increase the size of the thumbnails by the percentage specified in the Resize Percentage value set in the thumb options.
Decrease Decrease the size of the thumbnails by the percentage specified in the Resize Percentage value set in the thumb options. 

 

 

Available Context Menu Commands

 

Command 
Description 
Open Form 
Opens the selected form in the editor and closes the dialog. Action also occurs when double clicking the item. 
Inherit from this Form... 
Use this command to create a new Form that inherits from the currently selected form. The new form is created and displayed in the IDE. 
Activate 
Activate Visual Forms functionality for the active project. Requires the capture of all forms in the active project. 
Remove Visual Forms... 
Select this command to remove Visual Forms for the active project. Any files Visual Forms created specifically for this project will be deleted. 
Copy Form 
Copies the selected form to the clipboard. 
Print Form... 
Command allows you to print the selected form.
See the Printing Forms topic for more information about printing. 
Refresh Selected 
Recapture the selected form. 
Refresh All 
Recapture all forms in the active project. 
Replace... 
Replace the existing capture with a file on disk. 
Options 
Display the Options dialog. 
About... 
Displays the About dialog. 

 

Status Bar 

The status bar shows the number of thumbnails for the current project as well as the current size of the thumbnails.

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