The Activate a Form/Browse Window action sets focus to an already open form or browse window.

The Activate Window action sets focus to a window. You can must have the window open to select it.

Button4 on the Detail tab of the Inventory form opens the Review of Sales form to display the sales history for the currently selected product. The procedure to create a similar button is very simple.

The Set Variable(s) to Form/Browse Window Info action retrieves various kinds of information about a window.

A new option in the Records menu for a Form or Browse allows you to import data from an Excel file or a comma delimited ascii file directly into the current table (i.e. the table that the open Browse or Form is based on). The file you are importing must have field names in the first row that match field names in the current record.

It is often necessary in an Xbasic program to test if a form or browse window is already open. To do this, use the IS_OBJECT() function. For example, the following command tests if a form called Customers is already open. If not, it opens the form. If it is open, it gives focus to the form.

The Toggle Form or Browse Mode action switches between the form and browse views of a table or set.

The Open Default Form or Browse action opens the default window for a table or set and returns a pointer to manipulate its contents.

The Open Form or Browse Layout action opens a form or browse.

When a form is opened it creates a new session, and it opens the table that it is based on. In the case where the form is based on a set, the Form will open all of the tables in the set.