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Add existing form control to templates
Application task

You can use form control templates to quicker design a form.

If you have designed a form control that you want to use on other forms as well, you can save it as a form control template.
All settings of the form control are copied to the template:
  • Control properties
  • Device-specific control layout
  • Documentation
  • Control-type-specific setup. For example, if the control type is Configurable grid, the grid configuration is also copied to the template.
A form control is application specific and a form control template is generic. These application-specific elements, if used on the original form control, are copied to the form control template:
  • Labels: Template labels are shown on the Labels tab.
  • Variables: Template variables are shown on the Variables tab.
  • Queries: To view a template query, in the Query field click the link.
Additionally, for each form control template, you define the:
  • Name and description
  • Default styling: the default styling is used for the template preview.
For form controls with an event procedure, you can indicate if the event procedure also must be copied to the template.


Standard procedure

1. Click Mobility design.
2. Click the Forms tab.
3. In the list, find and select the desired record.
4. Click Edit.
5. On the preview, click the desired control.
 

Note: If the control list is shown instead of the preview, in the list, find and select the desired control.
6. Check the control settings before you save it as a template.
  Click Add as template.
7. The default template name is the form control name. You can change it.
  In the Template field, type a value.
8. In the Description field, type a value.
9. The default control property settings come from the selected form control. If for the template a change is required, you can do it here.
10. The default styling settings come from the selected form control. These are the styling settings for the selected device for the preview. If for the template a change is required, you can do it here.
11. Click Create.
12. Close the page.
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