Customizing Properties of Class

About Customizing Class Properties in Forms

When creating forms, you can customize them by controlling which class properties are displayed in the search form, which are displayed in the results form, and which are displayed in the edit form. Within each form you can also customize various aspects of individual properties. The topics covered in this section are:

Customizing Class Properties for Search/Results Forms

This task explains how to customize the properties of a class in the search property list box:

  1. Click Forms Editor in the Administration pad.

  2. Expand classes until you locate the class for which you want to create a compound edit form. Select the class and click Show Forms.

  3. Click the name of the form to customize.

  4. You can control which form the properties are included in by checking the Search box only, the Results box only, or checking both boxes. In the Class Properties area, select the properties you want to add. To include these properties in the Search form only, check the Search box and uncheck the Result box, then click the button .

    The selected properties are added to the Search Properties list box.

  5. Uncheck the Search box and check the Result box. Select the properties in the Class Properties box that you want to include in the Results form and click the right arrow.

  6. You can also customize the display of individual properties in the Search/Results form. Select a property in the Search Properties list box and then Click Custom.

    OR

    Double-click a property in the Search Properties list box.

    The Property Information Editor: window appears.

    The Property Information Editor window has two tabs, Custom and Information.

    Custom: You can change the values in these fields to customize how the property is displayed. The customizable fields vary, depending on the property.

    Information: The Information tab has the General, Display, Search, and Misc. tabs. Each tab displays the related attributes and information about the attributes.

  1. Click OK to save the changes.

Customizing Class Properties for Edit Forms

This task explains how to customize the properties of a class in the Edit Property list box:

  1. Click Forms Editor in the Administration pad.

  2. Expand classes until you locate the class for which you want to create a compound edit form. Select the class and click Show Forms.

  3. In the Edit Forms list click the name of the form to customize.

  4. Select the properties you want included in the Edit Form and click .
    The selected properties are added to the Edit Properties list box.

  5.  To customize a property, select the property in the list and click Custom, or double-click a property in the Edit Properties list box.

    The Property Information Editor: window appears.

    The Property Information Editor: window has two tabs, Custom and Information.

    Custom: You can change the values in these fields to customize how the property is displayed. The customizable fields vary, depending on the property.

    Information: The Information tab has the General, Display, Search, and Misc. tabs. Each tab displays the related attributes and information about the attributes.

  1. Click OK to select the changes made to the form.