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Sun Documentation -
System Administration
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Page 1 of 5 Overview
Form Designer (FD) is one of a suite of User Tools within SunSystems, which allows you to create and maintain your own forms. Users will be able to design SunSystems forms to suit their organisation and in-house working practices. Form Designer together with the Data Dictionary Editor facility provides a powerful means of customising the system during implementation to meet client needs, whether by simplifying complex screens, redesigning forms or by displaying installation specific text to make use of the organisations own terminology.
The application provides three basic services to users:
- Creation and maintenance of forms to specify exactly what data items and controls will be displayed on the form
- Defining user defined help text using Form Help Editor
- Applying permissions to forms using Form Permissions Editor
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There are two types of forms that Form Designer can manipulate, these are: - System Forms – these are forms created by Systems Union and are provided with the SunSystems software, and
- User Forms – these are forms created within organisations for their specific use
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Form Designer has one mode of operation available to users: Normal Mode. Normal Mode – this includes the Permissions Mode functionality as well as allowing the user to: - Display form window information for system forms
- Create new user forms, and manipulate the form window information
- Modify the form help information for both system and user forms
- Copy and amend existing forms
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To access Form Designer: from Navigation Manager, expand the Setting up SunSystems folder and open Tools. From the Forms pane, double click Form Designer. Or you can enter a shortcut command - FD.
When Form Designer is loading a message is briefly displayed that General Information is being downloaded from the server.
The Form Designer window is split into 4 main areas as shown below.
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