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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/forms" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Forms</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>
                                    Infor ERP LN Development Tools
                                 </Level1>
			<Level2>form</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph class="Default">The Form is the user interface part of the session. Forms are used to interact with the user by presenting data and actions that can be performed on that data.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">The session and form are integrated, in that there is one form for a session. The form definition in the session identifies the fields, labels and options that are available in the overview display window and the details window of the session.</Paragraph>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>
                                    Example
                                 </SectionTitle>
			<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><FigIntro>Field groups allow certain fields to be displayed together within a box, or within a tab. The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Item – General</GUIRef> session contains more than one tab.</FigIntro>
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		</ExampleSection>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>
                                    Example
                                 </SectionTitle>
			<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><FigIntro>Some sessions can fit all their fields on one tab, like the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Countries</GUIRef> detail session.</FigIntro>
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		</ExampleSection>
		<Paragraph class="Default">A Form provides the rules for the user dialog, or panel, that is displayed. You create and edit sessions and forms using the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Sessions (ttadv2500m000)</GUIRef> session. This session acts as a Developer’s workbench as it provides access to all the major components of a session.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To create forms</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">To create and edit forms, you must use the Infor Dynamic Form Editor that is part of Development Tools. This is a PC based application that should be installed for each developer. The Infor Dynamic Form Editor also provides access to the major components of the session.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph class="Default">The form editor allows you to specify the available session types for the form (overview and detail), the field groups, labels and fields that are used to create the form.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>The form that is presented to the user is created dynamically:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The form layout is used to determine the labels and fields, the grouping of the fields, and the sequence of the fields.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The table field authorizations of the user insure that only fields that the user is allowed to view are shown on the form.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The mode the session is started in determines if the session is in overview mode or details mode.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<List><ListIntro>For details, refer to</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/to_create_sessions" role="manual">To create sessions</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/to_create_forms" role="manual">To create forms</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/to_edit_forms" role="manual">To edit forms</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/to_create_commands_and_buttons_for_a_session" role="manual">To create commands and buttons for a session</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>For more information, refer to the following topics in the Infor Web Help:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Dynamic sessions and dynamic forms</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>
