Subject Re: designer startup From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Thu, 27 Apr 2017 08:47:37 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2017-04-27 7:50 AM, Akshat Kapoor wrote: > On 27/04/2017 04:56, Charlie wrote: >> Is there a way to start designer from command rather than in navigator? >> > modify form abc > modify report ... > > all should start the designer from the command window. As with all XDML commands only the first four letters are significant so To open files in the various designers modi form abc  will open abc.wfm modi repo abc  will open abc.rep modi labe abc  will open abc.lab modi data abc  will open abc.dmd modi quer abc  will open abc.sql modi popu abc  will open abc.pop modi menu abc  will open abc.mnu To open files in the sourcecode editor modi comm abc  will open abc.prg For other files the extension must be supplied eg modi comm abc.rep, modi comm abc.wfm, etc. For custom designers the file extension and the word custom is required. modi form abc.cfm cust  will open abc.cfm modi repo abc.crp cust  will open abc.crp modi data abc.cdm cust  will open abc.cmd To open the designers for new work use crea form, crea repo, etc. To open a table in the table designer it must first be opened in a work area use abc     to open the table modi stru   will open abc.dbf in the table designer use         to close the table Mervyn.