[Issue 125680] New: Creating form not using the designer produces a text document, not a database form

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125680

          Issue ID: 125680
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: Creating form not using the designer produces a text
                    document, not a database form
           Product: Base
           Version: 4.1.0
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows 8
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: code
          Assignee: issues@openoffice.apache.org
          Reporter: stephencadams@hotmail.com

+++ This issue was initially created as a clone of Issue #125657 +++

Creating a form without using the form designer does not offer the same design
options. The output is a word processing document with inserted database fields
which are read only. It cannot be used to create a database form for database
entry as the controls are not available.

The person who responded to Issue #125657 has not understood the question!
This is a database form, from BASE, not a word processing document, it is used
for entering and viewing data base data, so it cannot be read-only as stated by
the answerer.

It is used as the front end to a database,, so it should reflect what the
database has as Fields. This includes Field lengths, type etc. and the form
should not accept data which cannot be copied into the database as it is
invalid.

What the Answerer has assumed is that this is a  database merged word
processing document, where data is used to populate a letter for each record
chosen, such as Name, Address etc. This is not what I was talking about.

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