Each form in Aptify is made up of many parts. These parts include fields on the form as well as tabs. Each part must be defined before it may be added to a form template.
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Name (Required)
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The name which displays when the Form Part appears on the form.
Layout Key
This field is used to identify and reference form template parts within a Form Template Layout control. The Layout Key is the first candidate for match.
Icon
This field is applicable for Form Template Parts that correspond to a tab on a form. When specified, the icon appears to the right of the tab name on the form. This field specifies a location in the Aptify Object Repository.
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- Component: Components are the different types of fields that may appear on a form, from text box or link box to tab control.
- Tab Control: Tab control parts link another template to display a list of tabs (creating sub tabs for a tab).
Sub-Template: Sub-Templates describe the template for a tab.
Info When the Type is Sub-Template, the Input Map tab is disabled.
Form Component
This field is applicable only if the Type field is set to Component, and links to the Forms Components service.
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This field is applicable only when Type is set to either Tab Control or Sub-Template. This links to the Forms Templates service or Sub-Template. This links to the Forms Templates service.
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Starting in Aptify 5.5.3, this field is also available when Type is set to Component, if the form component is identified as a Container component. See the information on the Is Container option in Creating Form Components for details. |
Tabs per Row
This field is applicable only if Type is set to Tab Control. The default value is 6. The value of this field defines the number of tabs which may appear in each row of tabs on the form defined by the template.
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A developer can easily control the availability of one or more parts on a form without having to write a Layout Control. Each Form Template Parts record includes Disabled Behavior and Run Mode fields that determine the conditions under which a particular part should be available on a form, as described below:
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- Automatic: The location of the part is determined automatically by the sequence in which it appears on the Parts tab of a Forms Templates record. This is the setting used for parts that correspond to tabs on a form.
- Specific: The location of the part is determined by the position and size coordinates detailed on the Placement tab. This is the setting used by all parts that correspond to individual fields on a form.
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Specifies whether or not the Form Template Part is enabled on the form. This option is selected by default and the Form Template Part is enabled. When this option is cleared, the form template part appears on the form but it is grayed out and disabled for all run modes.
Visible
Specifies whether the Form Template Part will appear in the Aptify web interface and Aptify Desktop client.
Placement Tab
This tab is only applicable when Location is set to Specific and applies to fields that appear on a form. All of the placement values are defined in pixels.
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- None (default)
- Proportional Growth/Shrinkage
- Fill — Auto-Fill To Container Height
Input Map Tab
The fields included on the Input Map tab are dependant upon the defined part's Type. If the defined part's Type is set to Component, the Input Map tab provides list of mappings for the input properties associated with the component upon which this form template part is based. If the defined part's Type is set to Tab Control, the Input Map provide information about the tab's styling including the color of the tabs and the font of the tab headings. Note that this tab is not available if the part's Type is set to Sub-Template.
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- Component Input Map Tab
- Tab Control Input Map Tab
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Component Input Map Tab
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If the defined part's Type is set to Component, the Input Map tab provides a list of mappings for the input properties associated with the component upon which this form template part is based. These input properties list the details that may be modified for the component selected. For example, some properties that may be modified on a text field include the label, or the type and size of the font.
This tab automatically inherits a list of all input properties associated with the form component selected on the General tab and is therefore only available when the Type field on the General tab is set to Component. Fields may be updated directly in the grid.
Input Property (read-only)
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The comments field contains any additional details relevant to the Form Templates Parts record.
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Tab Control Input Map Tab
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If the defined part's Type is set to Tab Control, the Input Map provides information about the way in which the tabs appear of the form including the style of the tabs, the font of the tab headings and the color of both the tab headings and the form area that appears under the selected tab.
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When selected, Aptify's default tab styling is used and the others fields on the Input Map tab become disabled. When cleared, the tab styling settings defined on the Input Map tab are used. Note that when you select this option, the default values are populated in the corresponding field and any customized settings are lost.
Custom Settings
The section below defines the appearance of the tab control, tab color, and the style of the display area under each tab..
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When selected, the caption on both enabled and disabled non-selected (and enabled) tabs are underlined.
Selected Tab Settings
The settings in this section define the font settings for tab that is selected.
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