Screen Painter includes a wizard for defining and adding custom tables to the database. Custom tables can be deleted if no data has been stored, and altered later if required. Creating a custom table with the wizard allows the user to specify indices and constraints for each field. When altering a custom table, the user can add or drop fields or change the size of existing fields. Screen Painter gives designers the best of two worlds.
Designers can choose from old views or new ones.
To add and place a visual element onto a custom screen form, the designer uses the element design wizard. The user selects a view representing the fields from one or several linked tables. Once the view is selected, the wizard shows all available fields for that view. The user picks a field, and the wizard shows the valid visual controls for the selected type of field. By accepting the selection, the wizard will place the corresponding element onto the active tab sheet.