First Guide to SQL Anywhere Studio
   PART 2. Getting Results with SQL Anywhere Studio
     CHAPTER 6. Welcome to InfoMaker       

Using the mouse with objects

Now you will move some of the objects in the report. Be sure not to save the changed report, because you will use the original report later. When you leave the Report painter, you will be prompted to save changes. The instructions will remind you to say no.

1. Select Design->Options from the menu bar.

   The Report Options property sheet displays.

   

   In this property sheet, you will turn on some design options that make it easier to work with objects in reports.

2. Select the Show Grid checkbox.

   Select the Show Ruler checkbox.

   Select the Show Edges checkbox.

   

3. Click OK.

   Now edges display around the objects in the report, and a grid and ruler display in the Report painter workspace.

   

4. Click the text object with the text Expenses for.

   Black boxes in the corners mean the object is selected.

   

5. Press and hold the ctrl key.

   Click the year box and the Amount in thousands box.

   Release the ctrl key.

   Now you've selected all three objects.

   

   You can move the objects around on the form using the arrow keys, or, you can use the mouse to select the objects and position them anywhere on the form.

   How to use lasso selection     Position the pointer, press and hold the left mouse button, and drag the lasso around everything you want to select. Then release the mouse button.

6. Press the delete key.

   The three selected objects are deleted. But you really didn't mean to delete them.

7. Select Edit->Undo Clear from the menu bar.

   The deletion is reversed.

   

   About Undo     You can undo the most recent operation on objects in the Report painter workspace.

8. Select File->Close from the menu bar.

   InfoMaker displays a message box to see whether you want to save the changes you've made to the expenses report. You do not want to save changes. You will use this report later in the Graph tutorial.

9. Click No.

   

The Report painter closes. You return to the InfoMaker initial window. Now you are ready to learn how to create a form.