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Workflow Products Documentation

Forms and User Displays
- Forms Introduction
- Designer Panels
- Display and Group Duplication
- Form Templates
- Basic Forms and Displays
- Web-Based Forms and Displays
  - Web-based Forms and Displays
    You can use the Designer to create web-based forms.
    - Developing a web form for a workflow
      This tutorial shows how you can design, develop, and use a web-based form, then add it to a simple workflow for use by an operator working in the Task List.
    - Create a simple web form with images
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with simple images, such as a logo.
    - Create a user display or form from a web page
      You can use the Designer to create web-based forms.
    - Create a simple web form with generic text fields
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with generic, read-only text fields that you can use to add headings or titles to you forms.
    - Create a simple web form with text boxes
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with text boxes.
    - Create a simple web form with a text area
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with an area for operators to add text.
    - Create a simple web form with check boxes
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with check boxes.
    - Create a simple web form with radio buttons
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with radio buttons.
    - Create a simple web form with combo boxes
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with combo boxes.
    - Create a simple web form with a list box
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with a list box that allows an operator to select multiple entries at the same time.
    - Save the HTML code for customization
      You can save the HTML code from a simple web form into a separate file, and then customize it to meet your specific requirements.
    - Text Fields in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with generic, read-only text fields that you can use to add headings or titles to you forms.
    - Images in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with simple images, such as a logo.
    - Text Boxes in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with text boxes.
    - Text Areas in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with an area for operators to add text.
    - Check Boxes in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with check boxes.
    - Radio Buttons in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with radio buttons.
    - Combo Boxes in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with combo boxes.
    - List Boxes in Web Forms
      You can use the Designer to create basic HTML forms with a list box that allows an operator to select multiple entries at the same time.
    - Saving HTML Code
      You can save the HTML code from a simple web form into a separate file, and then customize it to meet your specific requirements.
    - Installing and Viewing Sample Custom Web Forms
      A sample custom web form is provided when you install Workflow 2.2 SP1 and later. The sample form contains examples of some form controls, including data grids, that are supported. It features an example of how to use a DataTable table with hard-coded values to populate a data grid in the form.
    - Requirements for Creating Custom Web Forms
      You can create custom web forms, and then bind, build an expression, or set a literal value against the input and output parameters in a workflow.
    - Hosting Custom Web Forms
      You can use custom forms that are hosted on a separate domain.
- Existing Assembly Options
- Form Development in Visual Studio
- Form Development in Silverlight

Web-based Forms and Displays

You can use the Designer to create web-based forms.

The following table describes the common, optional input parameters of the web-based forms and displays:

Attribute	Value	Description
Name	Required; user-defined up to 50 characters	Specifies a display name for a resource.
Description	User-defined up to 255 characters	Provides more information about a resource that a user may find helpful.

Graphical Designer Options

The Overview tab in the Display Editor is your starting point for creating forms or user displays. You can design a display or form backed by Microsoft's .NET technology or a web form backed by HTML using a graphical interface. Alternatively, you can select an existing assembly or web page for a display or form.

Note: You can import and export custom HTML forms and simple web forms.

Attribute	Value	Description
Use the Designer tab to create web content	User-defined	Select this option to create a form or user display using Silverlight for Silverlight forms.
Use the Designer tab to create a simple web form	User-defined	Select this option to create an HTML form or user display. Note: These forms can be used during run time in the following locations only: Workflow Task List (regular) Mobile Task List Vision Task List
Use a web page	User-defined	Select this option to specify a URL for a user display or form that is based on a web page.