Managing form controls
The Form controls application allows you to view the catalog of available form controls. Click New form control to register custom form controls.
When you edit () a form control, the following properties are available on the General tab:
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Display name |
Sets the name of the form control used in the administration interface, for example when selecting form controls in the field editor. |
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Code name |
Serves as a unique identifier of the form control (for example in the API). |
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Type |
Assigns the form control to a category. The type can be used to filter form controls. |
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File name |
Contains the relative path to the .ascx file that implements the form control. Example: ~/CMSFormControls/Basic/TextBoxControl.ascx |
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Inherited from |
Only available for inherited form controls. Displays the name of the parent form control. Replaces the File name (inherited controls use the same source file as their parent). |
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Description |
A text description of the control or comments for other administrators. |
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High priority |
When selecting a form control in the field editor, controls with high priority appear at the top of the list and are highlighted. Additionally, only high priority form controls are included among the form controls offered in the Form builder. Only enable this option for form controls that are most commonly used. |
Control scope
Use the properties in the Use control for section to choose the data types for which the form control is available. Possible data types for fields include standard options (Text, Long text, Decimal, Integer, Long integer, Boolean, Date-time), as well as several other options:
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Unique identifier (GUID) |
Fields that store 32‑character strings used as globally unique identifiers for objects. |
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File |
Fields that provide file management. |
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Page attachments |
Fields that allow the management of page attachments. |
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Visibility |
For form controls that modify the visibility options of other fields. See Allowing users to change the information they share for more details. |
The Show control in determines in which types of forms the control can be used:
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Page types |
Allows use in page type fields, which you can edit in Page types -> edit page type -> Fields. The editing forms are displayed when editing pages on the Form tab in the Pages application. |
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Forms |
Allows the control to be used for the fields of forms, which you can edit in the Forms application. If you wish to make the form control available in the Form builder, you need to enable the High priority flag. If you allow a form control for forms, you also need to enter the following default values:
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Custom tables |
Allows the control in custom table fields, which you can edit in Custom tables -> edit custom table -> Fields. The corresponding data editing form is displayed in the Custom table data application. |
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System tables |
Allows use in the fields of system objects. You can edit the fields in Modules -> Edit module -> Classes -> Edit class -> Fields. The editing forms of system objects are located in various sections of the administration interface or on the live site. |
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Reports |
Allows the control for the user interface of report parameters, which you can define in Reporting -> edit a report -> Parameters. The reporting parameter form is displayed when viewing reports in the administration interface or on the live site. |
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Controls and web parts |
Allows the control to be used for the properties of web parts and widgets, as defined in the Web parts or Widgets applications. This editing form provides the configuration dialog of individual web parts or widget instances. |
Defining form control parameters
On the Properties tab of the form control editing interface, you can define parameters. See Defining form control parameters for further information.
Previewing form controls
When editing form controls, you can use the View tab to check the appearance of the control in a sample 1-field form.