Creating Custom Form Buttons to Open Forms
When creating custom form buttons with VA Custom Form Buttons, you can decide to have the button open a form.
To create a custom button that opens a specific form:
- Open the VA Custom Form Buttons form.
- Click the New Record (
) icon in the toolbar at the top of the form.
- Press F4 in the Form field and select the form to which you are adding the button.
- Enter a ‘+’ in the
Button ID field and the system will automatically assign it the
next available ID number. Note: This number distinguishes this button from all other custom buttons on the specified form.
- Enter the text that will display on the button in the Text field.
- Select Form from the Action Type drop-down.
- Press F4 in the Action field and select the form that the button should open.
- Select a refresh option in the Button Refresh field. More
- On the Parameters tab, specify any parameter settings that you want to pass to the form opened by the button. More
- Open the form where you placed the button.
- Select Tools > Move Custom Buttons to move and resize the button.
- Click Accept once you have positioned the button. Note: If you reposition a button outside of the normal tab control area, the button will not be included in the input/tabbing order.