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Following is a step by step procedure for building a working form. You should
proceed here only after finishing the four lesson forms.
The form to be built here is a simple cat show registration form. It should
provide insights to help you build your own customized forms. All keystrokes
will be listed on the left side with explanations given on the right. It is
assumed that you are now in a directory containing the file FM.EXE.
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type: FM <Enter> Start the Form Master program
press: F2 3 times Proceed to editor to create form
After pressing F2 the second time,
make sure that '70' is listed as an
input field attribute. The other 3
attributes should be '00'.
move cursor to row 2 column 35
type: ACME Cat Show
move cursor to row 4 column 5
type: Name Name field label
move cursor to row 6 column 5
type: Address Address field label
move cursor to row 9 column 5
type: Pet's Name Pet's name field label
move cursor to row 11 column 5
type: Competition Competition field label
press: F8 Go to inverse video (attribute 70)
move cursor to row 4 column 20
press: space bar 25 times Create name field
move cursor to row 6 column 20
press: space bar 25 times Create 1st address field
move cursor to row 7 column 20
press: space bar 25 times Create 2nd address field
move cursor to row 9 column 20
press: space bar 25 times Create name field
move cursor to row 11 column 20
press: space bar 25 times Create competition field
press: F7 Go back to normal video (attribute 07)
press: Home
press: F3 twice Start box
move cursor to row 12 column 78
press: F4 twice Finish box
move cursor to row 2 column 69
hold down Alt and type f Alt-F causes form number to be
inserted during form execution
move cursor to row 4 column 65
hold down Alt and type d Alt-D causes date to be inserted
during form execution
move cursor to row 2 column 35
hold down Alt and type b Alt-B starts boldface printing
move cursor to row 2 column 49
hold down Alt and type b 2nd Alt-B stops boldface
hold down Alt and press function key F1 View form without special characters
which cause right side of box to
appear uneven
press F1 Return to editing
press: ESC
enter a 12 after 'Number Of Rows' This form is 12 lines long
enter a 1001 after 'Form Number' Start numbering forms at 1001
enter a 54 after 'Line Feeds...' Add 54 lines so page is ejected after
printing 12 lines (66 lines total)
press: ESC Return to main menu
press: F6
type: Catshow Name of form will be 'CATSHOW'
press: F6 twice Create the form 'CATSHOW'
press: F4 Execute the form
fill in form
press: F10 twice Print the form
press: ESC twice Return to main menu
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At this point you can make further changes to the form by pressing F3 twice
(edit current form) instead of F2 (create form). You can also return to DOS
by pressing ESC twice.
NOTE: If you need to make the form longer than 12 lines, don't forget to
change the number of rows before proceeding to the editor.
If the box around the form does not print correctly, see the section
"Configuring Form Master For Your Printer" in the documentation.