Available Controls

Data entry forms support the following controls:

 

Control Name

Description

Text Input Box

Prompts the user to enter a value into a text box.

Dropdown List

Prompts the user to select one option from a predefined list of options. When the dropdown list is inactive, it displays a single value. When activated, the entire list of options is displayed.

List Box

Prompts the user to select one option from a predefined list of options displayed in a box.

Check Box

Allows for one of two possible data source values to be selected for the form; a checked value or an unchecked value.

Radio Button List

Prompts the user to select one option from a predefined list of options.

Dropdown Text Input Box

Creates a text box into which a user can type several lines of data, but which only takes up one line of space when not selected.

Word Processor Input Box

Creates a field into which a user can type multiple lines of data using familiar word processing formatting tools.

Group Box

Creates a visual box on the form that acts as a container to group together a set of controls. Used for adding structure to the data entry form.

Group Divider Line

Creates a vertical or horizontal, 3D line on the form. Used for adding structure to the data entry form.

Number Input Box

Prompts the user to select a numerical value.

Slider

Prompts the user to select a numerical value from a specified range using a moving value indicator.

Date Picker

Prompts the user to pick a date from a calendar.

Time Picker

Prompts the user to enter a time value into a text box.

Month Calendar

Prompts the user to select a date from a month calendar box.

Record Picker

Creates a Select Records dialog on a data entry form from which users can select the database records they want included in the print job.

Dropdown Record Picker

Creates a dropdown menu containing a database record set from which users to select a single record.

Scale Display

Prompts the user for a weight from a weighing scale that is connected to the computer.

Image Capture

Prompts the user to select an image from a file or capture an image from an attached camera or scanner.

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