Predefined menu items in the Manager

There are methods for modifying and adding menus and accelerators connected to user-defined events. Twenty user-defined events can be defined in each FORMS module. It is also possible to change the appearance of FORMS’ default menus. Find the command you want to access in the table below.

Menu

Command

Command value

File

New

301

Open

302

Close

303

Save

304*

Save as

305*

Print setup

306

Print

307

New job description (use wizard)

309

Exit

311

Edit

The Edit menu is dynamic. The object that is active affects what commands are available. Click an object for more information about the commands available for it:

Form definition

Set definition

Batch definition

Others (tables, users, job descriptions, batch report layouts, scanner settings, Production Overview)

View

Update

341

Image

è Image display

è Normal

è Enlarge

è Reduce

è Front page

è Back page

 

342

343

344*

345*

346

347

Object bars

348

Status bar

350

Tool bar

349

Grid

351

Form information

352

Field information

353

Administration

Unlock databases

354

Clear/initialize databases

355

Repair processed forms

356

Repair processed sets

357

Repair processed batches

402

Import definitions

358

Export definitions

359

User-defined field types

360

Production overview

407

View processed forms

391

Delete processed forms

361

Settings

User authorization

362

Application events

è Define

è Import

è Export

 

363

364

365

Character sets

366

Statistics

367

File locations

368

Scanner settings

369

Tools

Form definition guide

308

Form definition optimizer (not included in FORMS 5-3)

310

XML Transfer

Configuration

409

Help

Help topics

370

ReadSoft home page

371

About ReadSoft FORMS

372

Shortcut menu

Shortcut menus (context-sensitive menus activated when you right-click in the main window) are dynamic. The object that is right-clicked affects what commands are available. Click to see which commands are available when you right-click:

A form definition image

Objects on the object bars (usually on the left side of the screen)

Invisible commands

(not on any menu)

Write form to FOF file** (Shift+Alt+F7)

380

Write set to FOS file**  (Shift+Alt+F8)

381

Scroll down

382

Scroll left

383

Scroll right

384

Scroll up

385

Read FOF file** (Shift+Alt+F9)

394

Write batch to FOS file** (Shift+Alt+F10)

403

Configure services

404

User-defined

User-defined

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* The command value is used in several places— usually in a main menu as well as a shortcut menu (context sensitive).

** FOF and FOS files are database log files not decipherable to users.