Base Form Shortcut/Macro

[GPW]

Can someone please explain to me in detail how I can open a Base FORM from Desktop. Have tried Macros seen by Google search, no luck, just get error messages. Appreciate some DETAILED help, thanks in advance

[Villeroy]

So you googled some macro, run it somehow, get some error and want DETAILED help. Are you kidding?

[rflemin]

It is said there are no stupid question, but there are stupid answers, and "Are you kidding" isn't a smart answer.
I'd also like to know how to do this, so as data comes in by Email I can pop up the form and fill it in quickly. I tried a drag and drop, but that didn't work. I suspect the form is treated as part of a larger document and does not have a discrete file address that the shortcut could point to, but I'd be glad to be wrong.

[Villeroy]

Quick method without any macros:
Create a new form from scratch [1] in any document (Writer, Calc, even Impress can have forms) or if you already have a form embedded in the respective database, save it as an independent document. In the latter case you've got to reconnect the form to the database document. Hit the [...] button in the form's data-properties or enter a datasource name if the database is a registered one. Finally, you may withdraw all write privileges from the file in order to protect the form design. The stand-alone form will be a normal Writer document sharing the initial position and size with all the other Writer documents. The embedded forms store view settings for each form seperately.

[1] All the tools to create forms from scratch are availlable on toolbar "Form Design" Re: Adding a control to an existing form