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Rod Weston Member Offline Posts: 25 Joined: Aug 22^nd, 2016	I need a step-by-step explanation of subforms Aug 26^th, 2016 at 9:13pm	Print Post
	I am trying to design a form with subforms, but am not getting anywhere. I am missing something very basic, I think. I have looked at the samples, but am still not getting it.


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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: I need a step-by-step explanation of subforms Reply #1 - Aug 27^th, 2016 at 4:19am	Print Post
	What part are you not getting? The basic philosophy of Sesame sub-forms? How to build a sub-form in SDesigner? How to navigate / search using sub-forms? How to use programming to glean information from sub-forms?

	Mark Lasersohn&&Programmer&&Lantica Software, LLC
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Rod Weston Member Offline Posts: 25 Joined: Aug 22^nd, 2016	Re: I need a step-by-step explanation of subforms Reply #2 - Aug 29^th, 2016 at 3:02pm	Print Post
	I am building a purchase order form which will use a sub-form for the items on the purchase order. I have resolved most of the issues pertaining to sub-forms but have some questions about the programming of sub-forms. For newbies, it would be helpful to have a document explaining all the above, basic philosophy, building a subform in SDesigner, navigating and searching using sub-forms and programming sub-forms. For now, I have the sub-form created but making it work properly so that the user can enter all the line items and having the form provide a running total of taxes and prices is still a work in progress.


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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: I need a step-by-step explanation of subforms Reply #3 - Aug 29^th, 2016 at 8:50pm	Print Post
	Other than specific programming, most of the basics are covered in chapter 13 of the User Guide. Is there some basic aspect of sub-forms that we should be touching on in more depth? Creating sub-forms in SDesigner, is covered in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 covers adding and editing data, and has section starting on page 233, covering sub-forms. Chapter 7 covers form navigation, including sub-forms. The advanced topics section covers sub-forms and natural versus relational linking. Pages 68-69 in the Programming Guide give an example of how access fields in a sub-from, resulting in a total. Page 109 provides a list of "Form" commands to access both parent and child forms.

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