Embedding Images in Forms

Use

You want to display the same image, such as the company logo, in all items. You can also select background images for your forms.

Procedure

To select a background image, click an empty space in the form and then click the pushbutton next to the Background Image form property.
To display an image (for example, a company logo) on a form, use Drag to pull the image control ( - Image) from the function bar onto the form. Then click the Image URL control property and choose Select from the dropdown menu.

Note

When you have selected the image using input help, the system adds the alias %contentaccess% to the path to the image. The system requires this alias to complete the image URL at display time.
Optional: To define which folder the input help function opens, choose Options Paths and change the Root Path for Project property.

Displaying Thumbnails for Images

To improve performance - especially in lists - you can display thumbnails instead of original images. Thanks to the smaller file size of thumbnails, the browser is able to load the page more quickly through the network.

Use the Thumbnail Width property of the image control to set the required width of thumbnails in pixels. We recommend specifying the same value as you entered for the Width property of the image control.