>>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>>When I need to create a form based on some table I use the following trick:
>>>>>
>>>>>1) I place table in DE (when I'm done, I remove it, because I always prefer to open them programatically).
>>>>>
>>>>>2) I drag and drop fields.
>>>>>
>>>>>3) I rename labels, fields, set autosize for labels to .t.
>>>>>
>>>>>4) I open form as a table and change classes from base classes to my classes.
>>>>>
>>>>>3 and 4 are tedious... I probably can adjust field mappings in Option/Tools, but I don't want to make them permanently, because my classes could change, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you know another trick to simply create forms?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>Nadya --
>>>>
>>>> Can you use "Field Mapping" on the "Options" page under tools? Haven't used them myself, as I've used other methods of building forms, but thought that might work for you.
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>
>>>I did it once before then we used M drive. We lately moved all work to G drive, but somehow M was still referenced... So, I decided against this...
>>
>>You could always do a series of REPLACES on the form as a table:
>>
>>
>>REPLACE ALL CLASS with "ourLabel", ;
>> CLASSLOC with "G:\ourClass\ourStdClasses" ;
>> FOR CLASS = "label"
>>* etc.
>>
>
>Yes, this is what I was doing so far and seem to continue doing :)
If you want it faster, I think you'll have to move into artificial intelligence %).
Jay