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Designer Panels
Designer Panels
The Designer workspace is comprised of a number of panels that are used for designing your forms and user displays. Each panel performs a different function and may or may not be required for your design purposes.

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Forms and User Displays
- Forms Introduction
- Designer Panels
  - Designer Panels
    The Designer workspace is comprised of a number of panels that are used for designing your forms and user displays. Each panel performs a different function and may or may not be required for your design purposes.
  - Designer: Project Panel
    The Project panel in the Designer allows you to view the project structure and provides the ability to create new XAML and library (DLL) files, open existing files, and add new folders and/or classes to your project. You can also choose to build or build and run your project. These tasks can all be performed from the right-click menu.
  - Designer: Document Tree
    The Document Tree panel contains the document tree that corresponds to the XAML document you are currently editing. The document tree is a hierarchal visual representation of all the elements in your workspace.
  - Designer: Control Toolbox
    The Designer supports native .NET 4.5 controls and containers, third party .NET 4.5 controls, and has many of its own .NET controls available. The Designer does not support Silverlight controls or 2D shapes or drawing capabilities.
  - Designer: Resources
    The Resources tab contains images that you can use in your forms or user displays.
  - Designer: Properties Panel
    Each control available in the Toolbox has properties that you can configure. These properties can be used to change the appearance of the control, as well as certain functionality.
  - Navigate URI
    The Navigate URI dialog box is used throughout the Designer to select source files to use within a form or user display.
  - Designer: Parameters Panel
    The Parameters panel allows you to configure input and output parameters that you can use to bind control properties to.
  - Designer: Data Items Panel
    The Data Items panel allows you to configure data items that you can use to bind control properties to.
  - Designer: Form Events Panel
    The Form Events panel allows you to configure events that can be raised from this form. The form events you configure are available to workflows using this form.
  - Designer: Server Methods
    The Server Methods panel allows you to configure service interfaces that can be called from the current form or user display. The server methods available are also used to configure call methods in workflows.
  - Designer: Client Methods
    The Client Methods panel allows you to configure client-specific methods that can be called from the current form or user display.
  - Server and Client Methods Events
    Each method exposes event triggers that you can use to further configure your form or display.
  - Designer: Test Panel
    The Test panel allows you to view the results of a form or user display when you build and run in the Designer.
  - Designer: Default Properties
    The Default Properties panel allows you to configure default drawing properties for the control currently set as the active layer.
  - Designer: Preview Panel
    The Preview panel allows you to view the form or user display before you build it.
- Display and Group Duplication
- Form Templates
- Basic Forms and Displays
- Web-Based Forms and Displays
- Existing Assembly Options
- Form Development in Visual Studio
- Form Development in Silverlight

Designer Panels

The Designer workspace is comprised of a number of panels that are used for designing your forms and user displays. Each panel performs a different function and may or may not be required for your design purposes.

The Designer allows you to define a panel layout for your purposes. The layout you define remains in place until you change it or reset to the default layout.

The Designer provides a set of default panels that appear in a default layout. The default layout consists of three panel shells with default panels contained within each shell. Every panel in the Designer can be resized.

The following table describes the available panels:

Panel	Description
Data Items*	Allows you to specify and configure the data items to be used in your project.
Default Properties	Allows you to configure the default properties for all forms or user display projects.
Document Tree*	Displays a tree view of the objects and controls included in the XAML file that was last selected.
Form Events*	Allows you to define the events to be triggered from this form and that will be exposed to a workflow using this form. Note: This panel is available for forms only.
Parameters*	Allows you to configure input and output parameters for the selected control. Note: This panel is available for forms only.
Preview	Allows you to preview the display.
Project*	Displays a tree view of the project files and folders.
Properties*	Allows you to configure the properties for each control object , as well as for each parameter, data item, event, and so on.
Test*	Allows you to enter the input parameter values and/or select data item values for the display you want to test. After building and running, you can then view the results in this panel. The Test panel represents how the display will appear, and if you are developing a form, how it will behave in the Workflow Task List. Note: This panel is available for forms only.
Toolbox*	Allows you to select the control objects you want to add to the project.
Server Methods	Allows you to select and configure service provider methods to use in your display.
Client Methods	Allows you to select and configure Client methods to use in your display.

* Indicates a default panel that is available for both forms and user displays, except where indicated.