Fragment references

Fragment references in the Layout Editor

Object boundaries appear around fragments and fragment references. You can set the color of the object boundary borders in the Drawing Aids palette.

A fragment icon appears in the upper-left corner of a fragment reference and uses the color of the object boundary borders. The objects within a fragment reference have gray borders to indicate that you cannot edit them from the fragment reference.

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Clicking anywhere within a fragment reference selects it, and dragging anywhere on a fragment reference moves it.

You cannot select any of the objects in a fragment reference. For example, if the fragment reference contains a table, you cannot select a row or column. To select objects in a fragment reference, open the fragment source file for editing.

Fragment references in the Hierarchy palette

The objects in a fragment reference are dimmed in the Hierarchy palette because you cannot select or edit them from the fragment reference.

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Fragment reference icon on a subform

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The objects in a fragment are dimmed

You can move a fragment reference and its contents as a single entity within the Hierarchy palette in the same way that you move other form objects. However, you cannot drag objects into a fragment reference.