Creating a Form
To create a new form press the 'Insert Form Into Project' button Insert Form Into Project from the form toolbar, or select 'Insert' 'Form' from the menu.
A window with the new blank form will appear, and many of the buttons on the Forms Toolbar will become active.  
Press the 'Edit Form Properties' button Edit Form Properties to display a window of properties for the current form.

In this window, enter information about the form, and database files it interacts with.   The following properties can be edited ...

Form Name - Enter the name for this form (can be referenced later to link between forms)

Primary Database Form - Check this box if the form is used to create and edit records in a database. The database will be automatically created for you.

Use Defaults - Unchecking this box allows you to view/change the following database information
  Database Name - Table this form links to. NOTE: This should be different than the name of your application!
  Type - Type of data record
  Creator - Creator ID for the database

 Form Properties Window

Press the 'OK' button to close this window and save changes to the form's properties or 'Cancel' to exit without saving changes.

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