Re: Forms 4.0 - How to set records/line?

From: Carl Laerke <cal_at_fih.dk>
Date: 1995/07/03
Message-ID: <DB4wAM.8It_at_fih.dk>#1/1


In article <3t6j8r$52_at_lll-winken.llnl.gov>, 68a869_at_llnl.gov (Jeff Busch) says:
>
>I have a form which was generated by Case, which has a multirecord block
>which displays 4 records of three lines each. I'd like it to display
>12 records of one line each.
>
>I have deleted all fields except one in the block, and set the number of
>records displayed to 1. The block works fine. When I set the number of
>records displayed to any number greater than 1, the records are displayed
>with two blank lines between each record. The Layout Editor won't let me
>move records to adjacent lines -- when I select a field, all occurrences of
>that field are automatically selected.
>
>Forms 3.0 had a block setting "number of lines per record", but Forms 4.0
>doesn't seem to have the same functionality.
>
>Appendix A of the Forms Reference Manual lists, under "Terminology Changes",
>the Forms 3.0 term "Lines per Record Characteristic" as being equivalent
>to the Forms 4.0 "Item Spacing peoperty (set in the Designer Layout by
>mouse gesture)". I have gestured repeatedly, but I can't see how this
>applies.
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>---
>Jeff Busch Internet busch1_at_llnl.gov
>Voice (510) 423-9134 Fax (408) 263-1360
>
>
Try this:

When you select the field, yuo will see a triangel on top of the first record and in buttom of the last. Click and drag them together with the mouse!

Carl Laerke Internet cal_at_fih.dk Received on Mon Jul 03 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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