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You use predefined controls to form your own user interfaces. The properties of the individual controls determine their appearance and function.

Controls in the XML Forms Builder

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Control

Description

Label

Displays text in a form.

You use this control as follows:

  • Without reference to the data model: Display of static text, for example, the label for an input field

  • With reference to the data model: Output field for text, for example, the title or the body text of a news item

Pushbutton

Executes a predefined action.

Text Field

Single-line input field.

Allows you to enter a small number of words or a number in a form.

Text Area

Multiple-line input field.

Allows you to create text without formatting.

HTML Editor

Allows you to create text with simple formatting.

Browser

Single-line input field with input help

Time stamp Editor

Allows you to enter the date and time.

Input help is available for the date. It allows users to select a date from a calendar.

For the time specification, you can prescribe a default value in the control property Label for Time, for example, 00:00:00.

If the time stamp control references a document property with the data type Time stamp, the system validates user entries in both fields.

Checkbox

Allows you to select an element.

You can choose any number of elements from a list.

Radio Button

Allows you to select an element.

You can use it to select one element from a list of elements.

Combobox

Allows you to select an entry from a dropdown list.

Control Selector

Displays one of several controls, for example, an image or a label control, depending on a condition.

Image

Displays an image.

Line

Displays a horizontal or vertical line.

List

Only use this control for ListEdit and ListShow forms (obsolete).