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Creating a New MDI Child

The form designing article provides tips on creating new application forms (usually in the form of MDI Children). If you have not prepared a new form yet then take a few minutes to start one. It does not have to be complete, just enough to launch for testing purposes. For demonstration purposes we have created a test application, MOVIES, and an MDI Child form, DBW_MOVIES, that we will use in this article. Our data comes courtesy of IMDb. Here is what our sample form looks like:

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The first two methods for launching an application form involve modifications to FRW_MAIN. As explained in the form designing article, this will first require that FRW_MAIN be copied into the local application. The easiest way to do this is to open the inherited FRW_MAIN with the Form Designer, make a minor change, and then perform a "Save As" request.

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