Form properties sheet

Use the Form properties sheet to set form and collection properties. These are properties that are used by the form as a whole to:

  • Control the way the form displays
  • Specify aspects of the form's behavior
  • Define what data (properties) are available for use by the various form components
  • Specify the help topic for the form

The Form tab

The Form tab displays properties of the current form and includes options to:

  • Sort properties by category
  • Sort properties alphabetically

For information about a specific form property, click the property row, and then right-click and select Help from the context menu.

The Collections tab

The Collections tab displays the IDO collections available for use on the form, using a hierarchical 'tree' structure.

Note:  This tab is not available to users with editing permissions of None or Basic.

A form can include data from both primary and secondary collections.

  • The primary collection is defined at the time the form is created. You cannot add or delete the primary collection.
  • This tab also includes options to:
    • Add a secondary collection, making its properties available on the form
    • Delete a secondary collection
    • Specify a record cap that applies only to the selected collection.
      Note: This setting is subject to any system-wide record cap overrides that might be in effect.

You can expand the node for each collection to display the properties for the collection. You can then click-and-drag these properties to the form and drop them there to create new components.