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palette offers a rich variety of controls that let you create virtually any form. All controls provide functionality as soon as you drop them into your form but need to be customized (edited) to suit the form you are designing.

The purpose of each control is described below.

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The control options default to "true=Yes" and "false=No". When you drag the control from the palette, only the "Yes" option will be visible. You can change the option labels from Yes and No to whatever you want. It is important to note changes to the label for false are irrelevant as it will never be visible on the form. The option values cannot be changed and will always stay as true and false. Blank labels for options are not allowedChecking the “Yes” checkbox of the Boolean control results in a true value in the XML document.

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Let's say you wanted to modify a section of your form to reflect a horizontal layout as shown in the image.

 

One approach would be to use the Table and Radio Controls.  Another alternative is to use a Message control in conjunction with a Radio control to accomplish this. Follow these steps: 

  1.  Use a Message control for the labels Fellowship announcements, Conferences and workshops and Other major news and events

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  2. Place the Radio control with options to its right. 

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  3. Check the Hide Label property of the radio control. 

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  4. Here is what the form looks like in Use mode: 

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Link Control (for URLs)

Use the Link Control when you want to include a URL in your form. When users click the link, the target URL will open in a separate browser window. The Link control has a default button color and is automatically decorated. You cannot remove the decorator or change the button color. Unlike most controls, the default width of the control, when dragged from the palette and dropped into your form is 3 columns. Click here for more information. The New Line  property is checked by default. 

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PageBreak Controls in the designer

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iPhone Layout and iPad Layout if Phone and Tablet are checked

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iPad Layout if Tablet is unchecked.

The PageBreak control cannot be dropped BELOW any control. It can be dropped BETWEEN 2 controls or ABOVE any control. For example, say you had a form with two panels side by side and you wanted to drop a PageBreak control in between them. Drag the PageBreak control from the palette to the left of the second panel in the form until you see the  Image Modified  up arrow as shown in the image below:

Drop the control when you see the   green up arrow and the PageBreak control will drop between the two panels.


Let's try another example. You are designing a form for mobile devices. You drag and drop one control on the form. Now you want to add the PageBreak control and then add other controls below it. You cannot drop the PageBreak below any control so you will have to add the other controls first and then drop the PageBreak control where you want it. Once you add more than one control to the form, you you can drop controls from the palette or the form above or below the page break. You can drag and drop the PageBreak itself anywhere at the root of the form. The PageBreak control should not be dropped inside sections, panels, tables or repeat group controls. The only exception is the Tab control. See below for the details.

PageBreaks in a Tab Control

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