Draw a button to open another screen

This part of the tutorial shows how to draw and configure a button that will open another screen.

1. On the Draw tab of the ribbon, in the Active Objects group, click Button.

   Your mouse cursor changes from an arrow to a crosshair.

2. Click and hold on the screen, and then drag the cursor to draw the Button object.

3. Double-click the object to open its Object Properties dialog.

4. In the Caption box, type the following text: Click here to open the summary screen.

   

5. Click Command.

   The Object Properties dialog changes to show the properties for the Command animation.

6. In the Type list, select Open Screen.

7. In the Open Screen box, type summary.scc.

   

   You can specify a screen that you have not yet created.

8. Close the Object Properties dialog.