Form Component Editor for Floorplan Manager

You use the form editor to adjust a form within an application to your specific business requirements. This is done by configuring form components (see form components ).

The form editor consists of the following work areas:

• Preview

  In the preview, the system displays all form elements from the current configuration to give you a picture of the layout of the form.

• Hierarchy

  The system displays all form elements (groups, melting groups, and elements) in the hierarchy.

• Attribute view

  Attributes of the currently selected form element that can be changed using the form editor are displayed in the attribute view.

• Action area

  The action area contains links to all the actions you can execute for the form component. Which actions can be selected depends on the concrete configuration of the form. This means that it can differ within a configuration.

The form editor provides you with the following actions:

• Add Group

• Add Melting Group

• Edit Feeder Class

• Edit Parameters

• Configure Toolbar

• Configure Group

The form editor provides you with the following functions for editing a group:

• Change Group Attributes

  The group name, group type, and index can be changed.

• Add New Group

• Add Melting Group

• Add Element

  You can select a field from the field catalog and specify the label text. You can use the field attributes to select the display type of the field.

  Note

  The standard display type can be defined via the feeder class. If no standard display type is defined, the system sets the input field display type.

• Delete Group

The form editor provides you with the following functions for editing a melting group:

• Add Group Element

  You can select a field from the field catalog. Fields are configured in more detail by changing the group element attributes.

• Change Group Element Attributes

  The display type, visibility of the label, label text, and index can be changed. Any other group element attributes that can be changed depend on the display type.

• Delete Group Element

The form editor provides you with the following functions for editing a toolbar:

• Add Button

• Change Button

• Delete Button

You can use the Check Mandatory Fields checkbox to determine whether the system checks that all mandatory fields have entries. If not all of the mandatory fields have entries and, for example, the user tries to leave the form, the system generates an error message.

The Check Mandatory Fields checkbox is available in the configuration editor for the form in the attributes of the FORM hierarchy node.

In the attributes of the FORM hierarchy node, you can also specify which drag-and-drop functions the user can perform for the form (see Drag and Drop ).

You can launch the form editor in change or display mode and save your changes at any time.

The form editor launches from the configuration editor for Floor Plan Manager automatically when you launch the configuration of an application-specific view (UIBB) that uses the FPM_FORM_UIBB Web Dynpro component (see Configuration Editor for Floor Plan Manager ).