When you first load a form in design mode, the Aptify Form Template Properties dialog is blank. A field's or control's Form Template Part information automatically appears in this dialog when you select an existing part. When you add a new part to a form by selecting a component in the Toolbox, the system automatically displays the selected component's associated input properties. Note that input properties that require a source value appear in red.
In the example bekiwbelow, the Sample Services record's Title field is selected on the form so information related to this field appears in the dialog's Properties tab.
The dialog has three tabs and a button bar. Each of these features is described in the sections below:
...
When you modify the Properties for a field and save your changes, the Visual Designer automatically updates the Input Map in the corresponding Form Template Parts record for that field. The Visual Designer also creates a new Form Template Parts record for any new field or control you add to the form.
Anchor _general _general
General Tab
| _general | |
| _general |
...
- Type: This read-only field reports the Form Template Part's Type (Component, Sub-Template, or Tab Control). Form Template Parts accessed using the Visual Designer are Component-based.
- Component: This read-only field reports which Form Component this part implements. For example, the Date field's Form Template Part, shown below, implements the Text Field component.
- Layout Key: This field is used to find and reference form template parts within a Form Template Layout control. The Layout Key is the first candidate for match.
- Part Name: Corresponds to the Name from the Form Template Parts record.
- Category: Corresponds to the category for this part. This field links to the Form Template Parts Categories service.
- Description: Corresponds to the Description from the Form Template Parts record.
- Width Sizing: Corresponds to the Resize Width from the Form Template Parts record's Placement tab. By default, fields have Width Sizing set to None. Note that all generated fields have Width Sizing set to Fill so that the width of the field automatically resizes when you resize its form.
- Height Sizing: Corresponds to the Resize Height from the Form Template Parts record's Placement tab. By default, fields have Height Sizing set to None. If you are adding a new control to the bottom of a form, you may want to set Height Sizing to Fill so that the height of the control automatically resizes when the form is resized.
- Enabled: Specifies whether or not the Form Template Part is enabled on the form. This option is checked by default and the Form Template Part is enabled. When the option is unchecked, the form template part appears on the form but it is grayed out and disabled for all run modes.
- Tab Index: This number indicates the order in which focus moves among the fields when a user presses the Tab key on the keyboard. The first position corresponds to a value of 0. By default on a generated form, this is the first field at the top of the tab. When a uses presses the Tab key, the cursor moves to the second field, which has a Tab Index of 1. When the user presses the Tab key again, the cursor moves the third field, which as a Tab Index of 2, and so on. If you rearrange the fields on a tab (or add new fields), then you should update the Tab Index setting for each field as necessary. Modifying the Tab Index changes the order in which parts appear in the template's Part List tab. (See Adding Parts to Form Templates or "Part List Tab" in the Admin Guide.)
An administrator can modify these settings as necessary. When saved, the Visual Designer automatically updates the form and the corresponding Form Template Parts record.
...
The toolbox displays those components that have the Add to Designer Toolbox box checked option selected on its Form Components record and whose assigned category has Scope set to Global on its Form Template Categories record.
...