Form Designer Reference Reference information for Form Designer. Form Designer preferencesThe Form Designer Preferences page sets the preferences for form elements in Form Designer.Form tabThe Form tab displays the form in design mode. Records tabThe Records tab displays the Business Record diagram. It defines the data set of the form.Form Designer menusInformation about Form Designer menus. Form Structure viewThe structure of the form is displayed in the Form Structure view. As you add form items to the Form Design window, the elements are automatically added to a tree structure in the Form Structure view. Form Designer dialogsInformation about Form Designer dialogs. Form Designer propertiesThe Properties view lists all properties that can be set for a selected form item. The type of form item determines which properties are relevant; the list of properties changes as you move between different form items.Orphan propertiesAn orphan property is a dynamic property present in a Genero Studio design file (such as a form file (.4fd), a project file (.4pw), a BA diagram file (.4ba), and so on) but that is not defined in the current specific setup for Genero Studio. File extensions and Form DesignerThis topic lists the file extensions for Form Designer. Form Designer error messagesA list of Form Designer error messages. For messages that are not self-explanatory, additional information is provided.