Run Mode - This mode only works with the Form Editor. In Run Mode you can run (or execute) your form, testing it for how it would look or behave in an actual part program execution environment.

Edit Mode - This is the default mode for all the reporting editors and is the only mode for the Report and Label template editors.

You can switch between run and edit modes by pressing CTRL + E.

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### Understanding the Form Editor

You can access the Form Editor by selecting View | Form Editor or by selecting File | Reporting | New | Form Report. PC-DMIS displays the Form Editor in a new window.

Form Editor

The Form Editor acts as a work area, allowing you to drag, size, and place various interactive form objects, such as buttons, list boxes, edit boxes, and so forth, and to set their properties. Objects get placed on the gray, sizable area, called a form. If you have worked with HyperView reporting in previous versions of PC-DMIS, you will feel at home with this editor since it essentially functions much the same way and contains many of the same user interface elements.

With the new template approach to reporting, only the Form Editor can use the Run Mode
capability. The report and label template editors do not use it.

The editor contains the following elements:

- The Menu bar

- The Font Bar (toolbar)

- The Object Bar (toolbar)

- The Layout Bar (toolbar)

- Object Property Sheets

- Object Sheet