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{{Parent| Tutorial: Using InterBase Express to Access a Database}}
This section creates a main form that selects which InterBase Express demo is displayed. Its interface is simple: a button for each demo.

==Create the Project and Main Form==
Create a Windows VCL Application project.

* For {{Delphi}}, click the main menu item <font color="#598527">'''File > New > Windows VCL Application - {{Delphi}}'''</font>. 

Adjust the new form's properties:
* Set [[lib_en:Vcl.Forms.TForm.Caption|Caption]] to "Client/Server Concepts".
* Set [[lib_en:System.Classes.TComponent.Name|Name]] to "FrmLauncher".
* Change the form's [[lib_en:Vcl.Forms.TForm.Height|Height]] to 300 and its [[lib_en:Vcl.Forms.TForm.Width|Width]] component to 250.

Save the form and project:
* For {{Delphi}}, save the file as ''Frmmain.pas''. Save the project as ''CSDemos.dproj''.

==Add Button==
This form has one button for each demo. Add one button now for the first demo.

Drop a [[lib_en:Vcl.StdCtrls.TButton|TButton]] on the top of the form and size it as shown in the figure below. Set the [[lib_en:Vcl.StdCtrls.TButton.Caption|Caption]] to "Show a &View in action", so that pressing <code>ALT+v</code> is the same as clicking the [[lib_en:Vcl.StdCtrls.TButton|TButton]]. Set [[lib_en:System.Classes.TComponent.Name|Name]] to "BtnViews".

[[image:MainFrmDesignTime.png]]

This [[lib_en:Vcl.StdCtrls.TButton|TButton]] displays a form for viewing different database tables. After creating that form in the next section, you will add an event handler for clicking this [[lib_en:Vcl.StdCtrls.TButton|TButton]].

==Next==
[[View Various Tables (IBX General Tutorial)|View Various Tables]]

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