Others

This group consists of items such as Form Launcher, HTML, Hidden, History, IFrame, Vertical Space, Workflow.

Form Launcher

The Form Launcher allows you to launch another form from the current form by clicking on the rows on the current form.

It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the item that will be displayed in the form structure. “form-launcherX”
Label Name of the item that will be displayed in the form. None
Form Selects a form from the Forms page through a drop-down list. None
Workflow Selects a workflow from the Workflows page through a drop-down list. None
Columns The columns to be displayed in the form. None
Target The path which the form content to appear in. None
Visible Rows Number of rows in the form. “5”

Refer to Examples for a simple example on how to create a form with form launcher.

HTML

This allows you to add a HTML onto the form. It can be text, web page, logo, etc. It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the item that will be displayed in the form structure. “htmlX”
Label Name of the item that will be displayed in the form. None
HTML HTML code to be entered. None

In the below example, a logo is to be added onto the form. To do so, enter the HTML code <img src="logo.png"> in the “HTML” field.

Hidden

Hidden allows you to store information in the form which is not visible to the user. You can use this item for version control of the form, for example. a value of “1” means version 1 of the form and a value of “2” means version 2 of the form, etc. These values allow the designer to know which version of the form the user is using.

It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the item that will be displayed in the form structure. “hiddenX”
Value Information to be stored. None

History

History allows you to include history information (such as user, timestamp and result) in the form.

It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the item that will be displayed in the form structure. “historyX”
Label Name of the item that will be displayed in the form. None
Visible Rows Number of rows to be displayed. “5”

IFrame

The IFrame allows you to embed another HTML document into the form. It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the item that will be displayed in the form structure. “iframeX”
Label Name of the item that will be displayed in the form. None
Width Width of the IFrame. “800px”
Height Height of the IFrame. “600px”
Source Path of the HTML. None
Help Text Text that will be displayed below the IFrame. None

Vertical Space

Vertical Space allows you to add white space in the form, creating space between items.

It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the item that will be displayed in the form structure. “htmlX”
Label Name of the item that will be displayed in the form. None
Height Height of the vertical space. None

Workflow State

This allows you to add an existing workflow onto the form. The workflow will not appear in the form, but act as an interface to the workflow. It has the following properties.

Item Description Default
Id Name of the state of the workflow that will be used with the form. “elxState.X”

Ensure the Workflow and the form has the same name and X is the name of the state in the workflow.