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Basic Forms and Displays
Basic Forms and Displays
You can design a display a form backed by Microsoft's .NET technology or a web form backed by HTML using a graphical interface.
Create a form or user display with a design editor
You can create a form or display with a built-in graphical design editor in Workflow.

Workflow Products Documentation

Forms and User Displays
- Forms Introduction
- Designer Panels
- Display and Group Duplication
- Form Templates
- Basic Forms and Displays
  - Basic Forms and Displays
    You can design a display a form backed by Microsoft's .NET technology or a web form backed by HTML using a graphical interface.
    - Create a form or user display with a design editor
      You can create a form or display with a built-in graphical design editor in Workflow.
    - Modify a form or user display
    - Preview a form or user display in the Global Viewer
      You can preview forms and user displays that were developed in the Designer, as well as web pages and web content.
    - Configure forms to view during run time after they have been completed or acquired
      Depending on your access permissions and client configuration, you can select either My Task List or Task Management view.
    - Add a Global Displays resource
    - Use a form in a workflow
      Use this procedure to add a form to a workflow.
    - Set the equipment context in a form
      You can dynamically update the equipment context by using a client method on a WPF form.
- Web-Based Forms and Displays
- Existing Assembly Options
- Form Development in Visual Studio
- Form Development in Silverlight

Create a form or user display with a design editor

You can create a form or display with a built-in graphical design editor in Workflow.

Procedure

In the navigator, click Global Displays.

Note: All areas that are compatible with the current resource appear. Green icons indicate a compatible view.
In the Displays panel, click Display Editor.
On the Overview tab, select Use the Designer tab to create new rich client content.
Click the Designer tab.
If applicable, in the dialog box that appears, in the Project Name field, enter a project name, or accept the displayed project name.

Note: The project name is the same as the resource name. Changing the project name does not affect the resource name.
From the Language list, select the programming language you want to use for code behind, and then click OK.
Design and create your form or user display using the Designer.
Save the form or user display.
Click Save on the... To save...
toolbar locally for WPF forms; to the server for Silverlight forms
title bar to the server for WPF forms