Open document buttons

About open document buttons

An open document button lets users open a FirstClass form with a body that can contain formatted text.

Open document button when drawn:

Open document button when complete:

To open a form without a body that can contain formatted text, use an open form button.

Adding open document buttons

1 Choose Fields > Buttons & Groups > Open Document Button.

2 Add this field to the form.

3 Update the following fields on the Contents tab of the Field Attributes form as required:

Text	The button name.
Form ID	The form ID of the form you want this button to open.
Default button	Makes this button the default action when the user presses Enter/Return. Selecting this also turns on the "Border" attribute.
Icon ID	The resource ID of an icon that you want to add to the button. If the button contains both text and an icon, the text is below the icon.

You can also select a background color.