<p class="Head1"><help:help-id value="SID_FM_OPEN_READONLY"/><help:key-word value="forms; opening in design mode" tag="kw65937_1"/><help:key-word value="controls; activating in forms" tag="kw65937_5"/><help:key-word value="design mode; after saving" tag="kw65937_4"/><help:key-word value="documents; opening in design mode" tag="kw65937_3"/><help:key-word value="edit mode; after opening" tag="kw65937_2"/><help:link Id="65937">Open in Design Mode</help:link></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">Choose this command to open the form when the document is opened in the <help:link Id="66190">design mode</help:link>.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="Paragraph">You can then edit the form, but you cannot use any buttons in the document or select entries from list boxes.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If the document is write-protected this command is ignored, i.e. the Design Mode is not automatically activated when the document is opened. This is the case for database forms because these forms are write-protected by default.</p>