• <GetStart>
  • CSPro User's Guide
    • The CSPro System
    • Data Dictionary Module
    • The CSPro Language
    • Data Entry Module
      • Introduction to Data Entry
      • Data Entry Application
        • General Data Entry Concepts
        • CSPro Data Entry Concepts
        • Create a Data Entry Application
        • Change Data Entry Characteristics
        • Forms Designer
          • Introduction to Forms Design
          • Add Things to a Form
          • Modify Things in a Form
          • Change Form Properties
            • Change Forms File Properties
            • Change Level Properties
            • Change Form Properties
            • Change Block Properties
            • Change Field Properties
            • Change Field Properties for Multiple Fields
            • Change Keyboard Input
            • Change Roster Properties
            • Change Report Properties
            • Change Column Heading Properties
            • Change Row Heading Properties
            • Change Text Properties
      • Data Entry Editing
      • CAPI Data Entry
      • Network Data Entry
      • Android Data Entry
    • Batch Editing Applications
    • Tabulation Applications
    • Data Sources
    • CSPro Statements and Functions
    • Templated Reporting System
    • HTML and JavaScript Integration
    • Action Invoker
    • Appendix
  • <CSEntry>
  • <CSBatch>
  • <CSTab>
  • <DataViewer>
  • <TextView>
  • <TblView>
  • <CSFreq>
  • <CSDeploy>
  • <CSPack>
  • <CSDiff>
  • <CSConcat>
  • <Excel2CSPro>
  • <CSExport>
  • <CSIndex>
  • <CSReFmt>
  • <CSSort>
  • <ParadataConcat>
  • <ParadataViewer>
  • <CSCode>
  • <CSDocument>
  • <CSView>
  • <CSWeb>

Change Form Properties

Right-click on the form button on the tree and choose Properties, or right click on empty space on the form itself and choose Form Properties.
Label
This is descriptive text that helps you identify the current form. It may contain any characters (including blanks) and be up to 120 characters long.
Name
This is the name of the form which you would use when writing programming logic. It must consist of letters, digits, and the underscore ('_') character. It must not begin or end with underscore.
You can see either labels or names on the forms tree. Press Ctrl+T to switch back and forth between them.
Color
The button shows the color of the form. To change the form color, click on this button, select a new color and click OK. You can change the form color back to what it was originally (usually gray) by clicking on the Reset Default Color button. You can make all forms the same color by clicking on the Apply to All button.
Capture Type Popup Position
If your program uses capture types, you can specify where on the form you want the popup boxes to appear. Enable this option by clicking on the Use Custom Settings checkbox and then specify the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) coordinates for the boxes. The (0,0) origin point of the form is located at the form's top left corner. When editing a form, the status bar will show the X and Y coordinates of your cursor, which is one way to determine your desired coordinates. Clicking Apply to All will set the capture position for all forms. Clicking Disable on All will turn off this functionality for all forms and the popup windows will appear in their default positions, as close to the field as possible. The capture position can also be set in logic using the setcapturepos function.