Formatting and filling Base forms

[paul1149]

I wrote previously about the difficulties I was having designing a form in Base. I’ve actually got the form pretty close to what I want now. Two more things remain.

• Is there a way to have the field boxes print as a simple underline rather than a four-sided box? This will be a form that for now gets filled out on paper by hand.
• Secondly, when I enter text in the text boxes and then save, it is lost. Some boxes I need to have persistent text.

Thanks.

[Ratslinger]

Borders only have Flat, 3D, or Without Frame. To do what you want, select Without Frame and then use the “Line” tool from the “Drawing” toolbar to place a line under the control. This should give you the effect wanted. For persistent text, set this in the controls’ properties under “Default text”.

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