Form part

A form part is a unit of presentation. It describes the layout and characteristics of a set of fields that are shown to the user at one time.

You do not declare a form as if you were declaring a record or dataItem. To access a form part, your program must include a use declaration that refers to the related form group.

A form part is of one of two types, text or print:

Form properties determine the size and position of the output on a screen or page and specify formatting characteristics of that output.

A given form can be displayed on one or more devices, each of which is an output peripheral or is the operational equivalent of an output peripheral:
Whether of type text or print, a form is further categorized as follows:
Additional details are specific to the form type:

Related concepts
Print forms
Text forms
Editing form groups with the EGL form editor
Form templates in the EGL form editor

Related tasks
Creating a form in the EGL form editor

Related reference
FormGroup part in EGL source format
Form part in EGL source format

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