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This wizard creates an update Form Procedure from an existing dictionary file definition. The form displays and updates a single record.

After the introduction screen, you are presented with the following options:

**Theme Selection:**

| **Theme** | Select from the drop list of themes. Themes are groups of settings that control colors, fonts, icons, backgrounds, positions and much more - for Frame, Browse, Form and Report procedures. You will have the opportunity to create a new theme as you progress through the wizard. Select a starting or default theme here. |
| **Save Settings** | After you have selected a theme, you have the option to save these settings for any future applications that you create. |

**What name should be used as the label of the form procedure?**

Type the procedure name.

**Which file do you want the form to update?**

Press the ellipsis (...) button to select a file from the dictionary.

**Allow Records To Be Added**

Check this box to allow new records.

**Allow Records To Be Modified**

Check this box to allow records to be changed.

**Allow Records To Be Deleted**

Check this box to allow records to be deleted.

**Insert Message**

Type the title bar text to display when adding a record.

**Change Message**

Type the text to display when changing a record.

**Delete Message**

Type the text to display when deleting a record.

**Where do you want this message to be displayed?**

Choose the title bar or the status bar.

**A field can be displayed that identifies the active record**.

Press the ellipsis button to select a column from the dictionary to display on the window title bar.

**Validate field values whenever field value changes?**

Check this box for immediate validation when the end user "accepts" the column.

**Validate field values when the OK button is pressed?**

Check this box for column validation on the OK button.

**Browsing child files**

Select one of the following choices.

//Place children on tabs//

//Access children with push buttons//

//Do not provide child access//

Which control model should the Application use?

| **Button** | The wizard builds the dialogs with traditional Insert, Change, and Delete command buttons. |
| **Toolbar** | The wizard builds the form to use global toolbar command buttons that appear on the application frame. See Control Templates - [[tplcontrolframebrowsecontrol.htm|FrameBrowseControl]]. |
| **Both** | The wizard builds the form to use both traditional dialog command buttons and global toolbar command buttons. |

**Customization**

Wizards have different "look and feel" settings and actions called //themes//, which can be modified and saved for use in other applications. Themes are set and controlled by a variety of customization options.

Press the **Next** button to accept the selected theme's settings, or press one of the customization buttons to modify them at this time.

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**Overwrite existing procedures**

Check this box to overwrite existing procedures with the same names. Clear the box to preserve existing procedures.

On the last dialog, the **Finish** button is enabled. If you are satisfied with your answers, press the **Finish** button. You also have the option here to **Save Changes**, where any changes to customization options are saved to the theme that you selected at the start of the wizard. If you wish, you can opt to **Save to a new theme.**

The Form Procedure Wizard creates the procedure(s) based on the dictionary table and the answers you provided, and then displays the Procedure Properties dialog for your new procedure.