Form Actions

Creating a Form

You can create a form on the Forms (Views) tab of an object page. There are three ways to do it (fig. 1):

click Add in the toolbar;
click in the Forms by default to the right of the required field;
click Add in the context menu.

Fig. 1. User object page. "Forms (Views)" tab

Enter the form name in the opened dialog box and click OK (fig .2).

Fig. 2. Form creation dialog box

Next, the Forms tab will open, where you can model the form. To learn more about modeling forms, see the respective Help section.

Attention!

To apply changes and display them in Web Application, save them and publish the object.

Editing a Form

To edit a form, open the Forms (Views) tab of the object page (fig. 3) and:

click Edit in the toolbar;
click in the Forms by default unit to the right of the required field;
select the required form in the list and click Edit in the context menu;
double click the name of the required form in the list.

Fig. 3. User object page. "Forms (Views)" tab

Next, the Forms tab will open, where you can model the form. To learn more about modeling forms, see the respective Help section.

Attention!

To apply changes and display them in Web Application, save them and publish the object.

Deleting a Form

You can delete only user forms, which are not used in other objects. To delete a form, open the Forms (Views) tab of the object page (fig. 4) and:

click Delete in the context menu of the required form;
select a form on the Forms (Views) tab of the object page and click Delete in the toolbar.

Fig. 4. User object page. "Forms (Views)" tab

After deleting a user form, the standard form will be used for displaying this object in Web Application.

Attention!

To apply changes and display them in Web Application, save them and publish the object.

Restoring a Form

In ELMA Designer, you can restore default forms for system objects. It allows resetting changes in the standard (system) forms, made by users.

You can restore only system forms. To restore a form, open the Forms (Views) tab of the object page and click Restore Original Form in the context menu of the required form (fig. 5). Confirm restoring in the opened dialog box.

Fig. 5. User object page. "Forms (Views)" tab. "Restore Original Form" button