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.