What is tool tips ?Tool tips are little message boxes that display when your mouse hovers over a field in a program window. For instance, when you hover your mouse over a program in your task bar and it shows the name of the program under your cursor.
How do I include my own code as part of the buildYou will put the code that you want executed in the event that will call it. For instance, if you want to print a file when someone presses a button called "Print" on your form, you would need to put the code that would handle the printing in the __UI_Click sub under the CASE for the name of the button. For instance,
If I want a field 30 Characters wide .. what do I make the field lengthThis is dependent on font size and font family. You can check this in the preview by changing the caption to some example text and seeing how it fits once you change to the desired font and size.
How do I set focus for a field. When the form starts I want the cursor in a particular field (which may not be the first field)In the editor, there is an option for Z-ordering.
Why doesn’t the Inform generate code for each fieldYou probably saved the form and then added more fields to it. Look at the top of the BAS code generated by InForm and you will see this:
I have 40 + fields but the code produced shows only..
How do I start the form off in the middle of the screen
Why does QB64 start when I am displaying a form ?It isn't starting when you are editing a form. The icon you are seeing in the bottom is from the preview form having the same icon as the IDE. The only time QB64 actually starts from InForm is when you press save and it asks if you want to exit to QB64.
How do I make a field display only .. show an error messageWith this, are you wanting it to display a QB64 error or a custom error that you are determining in your code? If you are wanting to show an actual QB64 error, here is some code for that:
How do I create a date mask in a field .. DD/MM/YYYYOn short notice, this is what I came up with. In the __UI_TextChanged sub, put something along these lines: