Customizing form templates
You can use the form designer applet to open form templates, which display required form elements, form element organization, and form element control type.
Before you begin
Depending on how your system administrator customized your system, you might not have access to this task. To obtain access to this task or to have someone complete it for you, contact your system administrator.
Only individuals who are part of the administrator group can access this feature.
About this task
The form designer Java™ applet does not automatically close and clear from memory after starting. Complete and save any changes to a form template.
To open a form template, complete these steps:
Procedure
- From the navigation tree, click .
- Choose either to open a file with the Java Web Start Launcher
or save the file. Click OK. If you chose to save the file, locate the file and run it in the Java Web Start Launcher.The form designer applet is displayed.
- In the left pane, double-click the wanted category folder
to display the object profiles for the entity type. Double-click the
wanted object profile to open the template for that profile.
The form template associated with the object profile is displayed in the middle pane.
Results
The form template associated with the object profile is displayed in the middle pane.
What to do next
You can select a form element and right-click to do various actions. Mouse over the icons on the top of the form to get hints about the function of the icon.