Form View

Form title

Name of form. You can either enter a title in the field, or click the browse button (ellipsis) at the right to open the Edit Title dialog box and specify a title using a dynamic expression.

Editing condition

Indicates whether users can enter data into the form and change displayed data at runtime. Enter true or false to specify whether the form view is editable, or click the fx button to define the expression that specifies under which condition the form view is editable at runtime.

Read-only

User can view displayed data only

Toolbar

Show

Adds a toolbar button area

Hide

Hides the toolbar button area

Edit

Displays the Create Toolbar Buttons dialog box (see Create Toolbar Buttons Dialog Box)

Scroll buttons

Show

Adds a scrolling button area

Hide

Hides the scrolling button area

Edit

Displays the Page Scrolling Buttons dialog box

Layout

Fit contents

Auto

Sizes the contents of the view according to system default settings

Actual size

Sizes the contents of the view as defined on the Layout board

Fit width

Changes the contents of the view in proportion to the form size

Align contents

Absolute

User can freely arrange the UI components on the form (long labels may not be fully shown at runtime)

Vertical

Lines up the form's UI components vertically

Horizontal

Lines up the form's UI components horizontally

Place labels

Before

Places the labels to the left of the form's fields and controls

Above

Places the labels above the form's fields and controls

Frame sizing

Exact

The size of the form at runtime is exactly as defined on the Layout board (if necessary, scroll bars will appear in order to display all UI components)

Expand

Enables the form to expand as needed at runtime in order to accommodate all UI components

Fit

Shrinks or expands the form at runtime so that it tightly fits around the UI components

Frame style

Default

Standard portal view frame

Primary frame

Top border in standard color

White

Top border in white

Neutral color

Top border in lighter color

Dark color

Top border in darker color

Transparent

No frame

Frame title bar

Displays view title

Collapsible frame

Contents of view can be hidden/displayed

Visibility condition

[none]

No conditions are given for displaying the form in runtime, so that it will be automatically visible

true

The form will be visible when this value appears in the formula defining when the form is displayed, such as Hidden, Required and so on

false

The form will not be visible when this value appears in the formula defining when the form is displayed, such as Hidden, Required and so on

Enter formula

Formula for indicating under what conditions the view is displayed in the iView

Table at bottom

(Display Field)

The field is visible in form

(Data Type)

Data type of the field

Field

Name of the field

Control

Type of control (for a full list of control types, see Control Properties Dialog Box)