To build and use a form style:
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Do one of the following:
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Copy the window and menu from an existing form style to act as your starting point
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Begin from scratch by creating a new window and placing in it one or two DataWindow controls that have the supported names
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Save the window with a special comment that indicates that the window serves as the basis for a form style.
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Enhance the form style by adding controls to the window, modifying the menu, defining window functions to serve as actions, and so on.
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Copy all objects used in the form style (such as windows, user objects, and menus) to a library that will be defined as a style library for InfoMaker users.
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Add the style library to the search path for InfoMaker users.
When InfoMaker users create a new form, the form style you defined displays in the New Form dialog box. Users can select the style to build a form based on the style you built.
The rest of this chapter describes these steps.
