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Drawing boxes in forms

Creating a detail box

Setting the form or line color in forms

Drawing lines in forms

To draw a line:

  1. In 13-5 Form/Report Page Design, open the form in which you want to draw a line.
  2. In the Insert menu, click Line.

  3. Click in the grid to draw the line and drag the pointer.

Note: You can draw lines either horizontally or vertically, but not on any angle or diagonal.

To modify line properties:

  1. Select the line object using Edit > Select Objects.
  2. Right-click on the line and select Properties.

  3. Modify the line object properties. You can modify the following properties:

    • Backcolor
    • Position and Size
    • Page: Sets the page number for the object
    • Top: Sets the top position relative to the band line
    • Left: Sets the left position relative to the left side of the page
    • Width: Sets the width of the line
    • Height: Sets the height of the line