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Navigate URI
The Navigate URI dialog box is used throughout the Designer to select source files to use within a form or user display.

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    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.
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  - 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.
    - Add a local source file
    - Add a remote source file
  - Designer: Parameters Panel
    The Parameters panel allows you to configure input and output parameters that you can use to bind control properties to.
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    The Data Items panel allows you to configure data items that you can use to bind control properties to.
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    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.
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    The Client Methods panel allows you to configure client-specific methods that can be called from the current form or user display.
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    Each method exposes event triggers that you can use to further configure your form or display.
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    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.
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    The Preview panel allows you to view the form or user display before you build it.
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Navigate URI

The Navigate URI dialog box is used throughout the Designer to select source files to use within a form or user display.

You can select source files from the local Resources directory in the Project panel, or you can select source files from a remote location. A remote location can be a location on your local computer or on your network.

The following table describes the properties found on the Navigate URI dialog box.

Property	Value	Description
URI address	User-defined	Specifies the source file to use for the Image control. If the From Resources option is selected, you can select the source file from the drop-down list. If the From URI option is selected, you must use the ellipsis button to open the Select File dialog box where you can browse for and select the source file you want to use. If you use this option, the absolute path for the source file location displays in this field.
Ellipsis	N/A	Click this button to browse for a source file from the selected location. This button is available only when the From URI option is selected.
From Project Resources	N/A	Select this option to select a source file from the URI address drop-down list. The source files available in this list must have been added to the Resources directory in the Project panel. Important: When an image file is added to the project (that is, in the Resources folder) a copy of that image file is made. The copy then stays with the project and can be viewed on any Client machine that the project is opened on.
From URI	N/A	Select this option to select a source file from a remote location. Important: If you use a remote image file in your project, it must be stored in a network share location. If you use an image that is located on your local machine, only the absolute path is maintained. Other Client machines will not be able to display the image. For example, if you point to C:\MyPics\image.jpg, then all client machines must have the image stored in the same location. However, if the image is stored at \\<network share>\image.jpg, and you point to that location, then all client machines on your network are able to display the image.