Adding a data field to a form (Adding a control)

You can add existing data fields to a form using the Add Field pane of the Web Form Designer. It displays a tree of data fields that can be added to the current form. Expand items in the tree that have a plus sign to use the component fields such as Address, City.

If the field you require to add to the form do not exist in the database yet, it must be added. Refer to Adding a Field to a Table in the Administrator help or Modifying an Entity and Inserting a New Entity Property in the Application Architect help for more information.

To add a field:

  1. Click Save first in case you require to undo the next steps.(Optionally)
  2. Click an item in the Add Field pane and drag it.
  3. Drop it on any location that is highlighted when the cursor hovers over it.
    A control is created and bound to the data field in the database. The type of control is set for you based on the type of the data. For example, dropping a phone number onto the form creates a phone control.
  4. Modify the property values of the new control if required. See Modifying control properties
  5. Click Save if you require to keep the field you added. Otherwise, press F5 to revert to the last saved version of the form.
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