Create a New Master Form

Correct Fiscal Period Before creating a new master form you need to ensure you are in the correct fiscal period.  If you are building a new Formever business system then almost always you will be creating your master forms in the year start period (YSP) of the first year of the fiscal calendar. If you … Read more

Introduction

Formever’s report designer is a unique tool that makes constructing reports easy. Even complicated reports can be put together in a few minutes. Each report is formed out of text blocks. Text blocks are constructed by selecting and dragging fields to the correct position. At all stages of report construction you can press the ‘TEST’ … Read more

Definitions

Calculations For any business management system to be of use it must be able to calculate things. Formever is no different. In Formever calculated results are called Definitions.  Definitions are found on the back side of a Master Form and describe the calculation of a named result for that form type. Definitions can be used: … Read more

Procedures

Event Handlers Procedures are the event handlers of a form. Procedures are how you tell Formever what to do when an event occurs. For example, when a new data form is created and opened for editing you could set default values for certain fields.  There are two types of events that occur that trigger procedures:  … Read more

Master Form Fields

Master Form field templates are used to specify the data to be capture on a form. Drag and drop field templates on the form layout area to design a data capture form. Available field templates are: Choice Field Date Field Description Field Detail Lines Field Form Code Field Form Reference Field Note Field Pattern Text … Read more

Master Form Designer

The master form designer is where you specify everything about a master form. The form designer is used for creating new master forms and for editing existing master forms. There are two sides to a master form. Front side specifies the content, organization and appearance of the form Back side where definitions and procedures are … Read more

Master Form

Master Forms define the data entry forms used by your business. For example, Customer Invoice, Vendor, General Ledger Account. A Master Form is a template for a data entry form. The template is copied when a form is needed to capture business data. A Master Form has two sides. Front Side holding fields for capturing … Read more

Import/Export

Formever provides the means to import data into your business system. It is also possible to create export designs specifying how Formever should export data from your business system. Read this article about importing data from your old system