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The Configure Composite View task panel enables you to define attributes for a composite view. A composite view is a model of an application task that contains a combination of UI elements, business logic, and data connections.

The following table describes the properties and attributes of this model element:

Group

Property

Description

General

Name

The name of the composite view, in read-only format.

Runtime

The runtime provider to be used when deploying this composite view.

Define as application

Specifies whether the component can be run directly from the Deploy task panel after deployment.

Keywords

Free text that describes the component, to be used for searching and grouping purposes.

Categories

Category entries used to group similar components together.

Main Window

Title

The title of the component, to be displayed at the top of the component.

You can either enter a title in the field, or click the browse button to open the Edit Title dialog box and specify a title using a dynamic expression.

More information: Edit Title Dialog Box

Show title

Defines whether a title bar is displayed at the top of the component.

Show toolbar

Defines whether to add a toolbar to the component.

Toolbar

If a toolbar is added to the component, defines whether it is located at the Top or Bottom of the component window.

Layout

Defines the method used to arrange elements within the component. The following options are available:

  • Horizontal flow: Arranges the component elements side-by-side in the component window.

  • Vertical flow: Arranges the component elements one above the other in the component window. This is the default layout option.

Scale mode

Defines how to scale the component and its contents. The following options are available:

  • Fixed scale: Displays the elements of the component according to their defined sizes. If an element is larger than the component window, scroll bars are added.

  • Auto-fit to width: Changes the width of the elements in the component to fit them within the width of the component window.

  • Auto-fit to height: Changes the height of the elements in the component to fit them within the height of the component window.

  • Auto-fit: Changes the size of the elements in the component to fit them within the size of the component window.

Runtime Error Settings

Show message area

Displays an area in the runtime application dedicated to displaying processing messages coming from the back-end system.

Message level

Defines the type of messages to display in the message area at runtime (Error, Warning, or Information).