Setting launch properties for pages or forms

About this task

You can set auto launch properties for pages and for forms at the Launch tab of the appropriate properties box.

To set the launch property for a page

Procedure

  1. Open the page.
  2. Choose Design - Page Properties. The Page Properties box opens.
  3. Click the Launch tab.
  4. Select one of the following objects to launch automatically when a user opens the page:
    • First Attachment
    • First Document Link
    • First OLE Object
    • None (default)
    • URL
  5. Set the frameset that the page will be associated with and the frame within that frameset.

To set the launch property for a form

Procedure

  1. Open the form.
  2. Choose Design - Form Properties to open the Form Properties box.
  3. Click the Launch tab.
  4. For forms, select one of the following objects to launch automatically when a user opens the document created with this form:
    • First Attachment
    • First Document Link
    • First OLE Object
    • None (default)
    • URL
    • Other objects, including the following:
  5. (URL only) If you choose URL, follow these steps:
    • Create a rich text field on the form and name the field URL.
    • At the Launch tab of the Form Properties box, select URL.
    • Create a document using this form.
    • In the rich text field named URL, create a Link Hotspot (Create - Hotspot - Link Hotspot) for the URL you want to automatically launch.
    • Close and reopen the document and the Web page should display in your browser.
  6. If applicable, set the frameset that the form will be associated with and the frame within that frameset.