SubForm Widget

Last published at: May 2nd, 2023

Description:

Sub-form widget control let’s you embed another form within a form.

Inputs

  • ID/Name - Name of widget generated by FlowWright
  • Section Name - Enter the description text for the section name
  • Select Form Definition - Select the sub-form definition 
  • Shown as Grid View - Select checkbox to view the sub-form in grid view (tick mark)
  • First row is header - Select checkbox to view the first row as header (tick mark)
  • Hide - Select checkbox to Hide (tick mark)
  • Hide border - Select checkbox to hide sub-form border on render (tick mark)
  • Save - Save the input values
  • Delete - Remove this form widget from the designer page 
  • Close - Close the input popup window

Design:

Example: 

Let’s build and execute the SubFormDef example.  

  • Create a new form definition called “SubFormDef”
  • Select the Open Designer checkbox and click the “Create” button
  • Drag a SubForm widget to the canvas
  • Double-click on the SubForm  widget to configure the inputs as shown in the below graphic

  • Click on Select Form Definition field to select the sub-form definition
  • Click on Save button and Close the popup window
  • Navigate to UI menu and Preview the form. The rendered widget will appear as shown in the below graphic

  • A sub-form can be embedded a grid view, first design a form that has a table with fields, as shown below

  •  Configure the sub-form control to use the above form.

  • Once configured, the control should look as follows.

  • The rendered control should look as follows.