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Creating a new control—general instructions

The method for creating a new control is similar for each type of control:

  1. Open the form in which you want to include the control.
  2. Drag the appropriate Object Palette toolbar icon into the open Form definition window. Drop the icon onto the item or control in which to include the new control. To add the new control to an existing set of controls, drop the icon onto the control that you want the new control to follow.
  3. Define the properties of the new control. As you specify properties that have an effect on the appearance of the form, the preview pane of the Form definition window is updated to show the change.
  4. If the new control is a radio, check box, or group control, define its child controls in the same way. If the new control is a list, define its child elements. For more information, see Defining element components.

The following sections indicate which icon to use to create a new control, describe how to define the control’s properties, and indicate the types of child controls or elements the control can include.

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