1. Forms and Screen Design What is a form? A layout on screen which allows users to make choices, enter data or view data. They are found in: PC applications packages, web pages, databases, etc, etc.

2. The easy way to create a form Click on New Form and Form Wizard. Select the table. Follow the instructions. So why not always do it that way?

3. Problems with the easy way It just produces a list of text boxes for typing data: - slow. - allows typing errors.

4. More sophisticated design - uses other controls (i.e. objects other than text boxes) where appropriate. - takes the perceptions of the user into account (Human-Computer Interaction). See Britton and Doake, sec. 9.6.

5. Controls - examples Option group Command button Combo box

6. Text box … also labels

7. Properties Controls have properties that can be varied: e.g. a label has the property “font size”. Properties are different for each type of control. Objects have properties  controls are objects  forms are objects  therefore forms have properties too: e.g. “format”.

8. Properties button Controls toolbox Field list button Field list