Form Tools

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Overview

The Form Tools at the bottom of the Page Builder in the Pages Workspace are used to add new UI Elements to your App: Pages, Sections, Gadgets, Fields, Advanced Controls and Extensions. Using the Form Tools, you can also control common appearance attributes and create new Collections for grouping Pages in the Page Menu.

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Pro Tip

To open a multi-option Form Tools menu in its own floating window, click the dashed line highlighted in blue at the top of the menu.
The menu is then opened in its own window that can be re-positioned and stays open until you click the [x] in the window title.

Form Tools

Collection

Collections are used to group Pages together in the Pages Menu. Click Collection in the Form Tools and you will be prompted to enter a name for your new collection.

Form Tools: Collection

In the Pages Menu, select and drag and drop existing Pages to add them to the newly created collection.

Form Tools: Collection

After dragging and dropping Employee Information, this Page has now been added to the HR collection.

Form Tools: Collection

Collections can also be created by right-clicking in the Pages Menu panel and selecting New collection....

Form Tools: Collection

Right-click on a collection name to display the context menu. This gives options to Rename... or Delete... the collection.

Form Tools: Collection

Page

Add a Page of the following type:

Name Description
Blank Creates a new Page in the App. The Page's Name (identifier), Title (as displayed in the Pages Menu) and Caption (as displayed in the Page Header) will be set to pageX where X is a number. These can be modified as required in the Page Attributes.
Page Center Creates a new Page Center Page in the App. Page Center Pages are used for Page navigation and have a single Page Center Section containing tiles for Page selection. The Page Name, Title and Caption are given default values as for a Blank Page above.
VFP Forms After you have imported a Visual FoxPro Form into the current App, it is listed here. A new Page is created in the App with a full page Custom Section that uses the imported VFP Form code. The Page Name, Title and Caption are given default values as for a Blank Page above.
VFP Classes After you have imported a Visual FoxPro Class Library into the current App, it is listed here. A new Page is created in the App with a full page Custom Section that uses the imported VFP Class Library code. The Page Name, Title and Caption are given default values as for a Blank Page above.
Templates After you have saved a Page as a Template, it is listed here.

Sections

Add a Section of the following type:

Name Description
Form Form Sections contain Fields and Gadgets and handle the layout automatically.
Grid Grid Sections are used for displaying and editing multiple rows of data. In the desktop client, they can optionally have a split display with a built-in single-row form.
Webview WebView Sections are embedded browsers to run HTML, Visual FoxPro Server Pages (.rsp) or JavaScript Server Pages (.jssp).
Image Strip Image Strip Sections display a horizontal 'strip' of data-bound images. They can optionally include a text notes panel.
TabView TabView Sections are tabbed containers for other Sections.
Attachments Attachments Sections are grids used for data-bound document and image storage and retrieval.
Canvas Canvas Sections allow highly customized layouts with a wide range of advanced containers and controls.
CatalogView CatalogView Sections are data bound WebViews that display a catalog of items. Each page provides a table of cells comprising an image, a caption, a sub caption, some details and optional links to drill down to additional information about the selected catalog item.
TreeView TreeView Sections are data-bound tree grids that allow you to drill down through levels of hierarchical nodes.
CarouselView CarouselView Sections display a series of full-section images along with their captions. Images can scroll automatically or using on-screen controls. They are ideal as welcome pages.
PanelView PanelView sections are similar to CarouselView Sections, but instead of displaying a carousel of images, they allow you to display panels containing dynamic WebView content using Visual FoxPro Server Pages (.rsp) or JavaScript Server Pages (.jssp).
CommentsView CommentsView Sections are used for social interaction within business Apps. Users can collaborate directly inside the App with access to the entire conversation history.
DocumentView DocumentView Sections are used to view pdf documents. DocumentView Sections include tools for printing, downloading, searching, zooming and navigating the document displayed without having to install any plugins.
GalleryView GalleryView Sections are used to display a gallery of Tiles. Clicking on a Tile automatically displays a full-section Content panel.
VideoPlayer VideoPlayer Sections are used to display a data-bound video player.
Report Report Sections are used to display tabular reports.
Calendar Calendar Sections provide a calendar interface to allow for the creation, display, update and deletion of appointments and other time planner events.
Org Chart Org Chart Sections are used to display an organization chart with clickable nodes.
Page Center Page Center Sections display Tiles for opening Pages. The interface is the equivalent of the Lianja App Center, but for Pages instead of Apps.
Charts Chart Sections provide a quick and easy way to clearly and graphically communicate information about your data from the simplest pie or bar chart through to more sophisticated and complex graphs.
Timeline Timeline Sections display timeline (chronological row versioning for Lianja database tables) information.
Notifications Notifications Sections display timeline (chronological row versioning for Lianja database tables) notifications.
Custom Custom Sections are coded in Lianja/VFP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Babel, PHP or Python.
Templates After you have saved a Section as a Template, it is listed here.

Gadgets

Add a Gadget of the following type to a Form Section:

Name Description
Image Image Gadgets display data-bound or file based images.
Richtexteditor Richtexteditor Gadgets are rich text editors (HTML formatting).
Editbox Editbox Gadgets are plain text editors.
Webview Webview Gadgets are embedded browsers to run HTML, Visual FoxPro Server Pages (.rsp) or JavaScript Server Pages (.jssp).
Listview Listview Gadgets display a list of selectable items.
Grid Grid Gadgets are used for displaying and editing multiple rows of data.
Checklistview Checklistview Gadgets display a group of selectable checkboxes or radio buttons.
Treeview Treeview Gadgets are data-bound tree grids that allow you to drill down through levels of hierarchical nodes.
Component Component Gadgets embed a custom UI component from the UI Page Library.
Chart Chart Gadgets contain charts and graphs for data visualization.
Google Map Google Map Gadgets display URL based bar charts.
Google Bar Chart Google Bar Chart Gadgets display URL based bar charts.
Google Pie Chart Google Pie Chart Gadgets display URL based bar charts.
Custom Custom Gadgets are coded in Lianja/VFP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Babel, PHP or Python.

Field

The Field option is available when you have a Form Section selected. Click Field and a new field will be added to the section after any existing fields or gadgets. The new field is not data-bound and has the Caption Untitled.

Form Tools: New Field

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Pro Tip

The currently selected section is displayed with a blue border.
If the Section can be resized, the bottom border contains a 'handle' that can be dragged to change the section height.

Dividers

Add a Divider to a Form Section:

Form Tools: Dividers

Name Description
Subtitle A label with a caption.
Horizontal Separator A horizontal line.
Column Divider A label with a caption at the top of a column.
Spacer An empty label with the same default background as a field.

Labels

The Labels menu allows you to change the caption appearance (position and text size) of Form Section fields.

Form Tools: Labels


Text

The Text menu allows you to change the Caption text size of Advanced Controls.

Form Tools: Text


Select a control, or select multiple controls by pressing the Shift key while selecting, then choose the size.

Format

The Format menu allows you to change various appearance attributes of Canvas Section Advanced Controls or Form Section formitems.

Form Tools: Format


For 'Same ...' options, select multiple Advanced Controls by pressing the Shift key while selecting then choose an option to match the attribute(s) of all the selected controls to that of the first selected control.

For 'shading' options, select one or more controls, then choose the option. This can also be used on a Form Section to affect the shading for all its formitems.

'Transparency' options can be used on a Form Section to affect the transparency for all its formitems.

Align

The Align menu allows you to change the geometry attributes of Advanced Controls.

Form Tools: Align


Select multiple controls by pressing the Shift key while selecting then choose an option to align or match the attribute(s) of all the selected controls to that of the first selected control.

The Align menu's Text submenu allows you to change the data text alignment of Advanced Controls.

Form Tools: Align: Text


Select one or more controls, then choose the alignment.

Advanced

Add an Advanced Canvas Control of the following type to a Canvas Section. See also Canvas Designer and Advanced Canvas Control Attributes.

Control Description
ActiveX Control for embedded ActiveX component (Windows desktop)
CheckBox Control for boolean state - True (checked) or False (unchecked)
ComboBox Control combining a TextBox and a ListBox
CommandButton Button control
Date TextBox Control combining a date TextBox and a popup calendar
DateTime TextBox Control combining a date/time TextBox and a popup calendar
EditBox Editor control
Hyperlink Hyperlink label control
Image Control for displaying images
Label Textual label control
LCDnumber Numeric label control with LCD-like digits
ListBox Control with a single column list
Numeric TextBox Textbox control for numeric values
OptionButton Control to select/deselect an option
OptionGroup Container used to group OptionButtons
Progress Bar Bar control for minimum, current (%) and maximum numeric values
Rich Text Editor Rich text editor control
Separator Separator label control
Slider Vertical or horizontal numeric slider with minimum and maximum values
Spinner Numeric TextBox control with increment/decrement controls
Subtitle Subtitle label control
TextBox Textbox control
TreeGrid Tree grid control
WebView Embedded WebKit Control

Options

Form Tools: Advanced->Options


Option Description
Send to back Send the selected control(s) to the back (for overlapping controls).
Bring to front Bring the selected control(s) to the front (for overlapping controls).
Enable/Disable click events See Canvas Designer: Disable Click Events.
Enable/Disable move events See Canvas Designer: Disable Move Events.

Themes

The Themes menu lists the available App appearance themes. Click to apply the selected theme. See Understanding UI Theming in Lianja for more information.

Form Tools: Themes


Extensions

The Extensions menu lists the available extension tools. Click to open the selected tool. See Tools and Extensibility for more information.

Form Tools: Extensions