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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.
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.

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

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.

Procedure

In the navigator, click Global Displays > Forms.
In the Forms list, select the resource you want to work with.

Note: All areas that are compatible with the current resource appear. Green icons indicate a compatible view.
To view your form or display, in the Displays panel, click Global Viewer.