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Function
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Control
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Description
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DataSource and navigation
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DataSource component
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Simplifies binding fields on a form to
data.
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Text editing
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TextBox
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Displays text entered at design time
that can be edited by users at run time, or changed
programmatically.
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Numeric
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Displays text formatted as numeric
entered at design time that can be edited by users at run time, or
changed programmatically.
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Information display (read-only)
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Label
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Displays text that users cannot
directly edit.
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Banner
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Displays text that users cannot
directly edit in a header or banner style
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ScriptControl
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This is essentially a TextBox that is
not visible to the user at assemble time.
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Selection from a list
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Choices
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Displays a list of items that can be
displayed as a list box, drop down, check boxes or radio buttons
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Graphics display
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PictureBox
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Displays graphical files, such as
bitmaps and icons, in a frame.
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PictureField
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Displays graphical files, such as
bitmaps and icons, in a frame and allows them to be assembled into a
document template and saved to an InfoFile.
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Date setting
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DateTimePicker
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Displays a graphical calendar to allow
users to select a date or a time.
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Commands
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Button
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Starts a process when the user clicks
the button.
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Boolean
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CheckBox
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Indicates whether a particular
condition is on or off. It is commonly used to present a Yes/No or
True/False selection to the user
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Yes/No
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Indicates a Yes/No or True/False
selection to the user
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Repeat
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Repeat
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Used to create multiple records, these
records will be child of form or repeat it is placed inside.
For example a repeat may contain
invoice lines for an invoice.
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Clauses
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ClauseLibrary
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Displays a list of optional clauses
selectable by the user at Assemble time. Clause Library controls use
Clause Files created by a designer and can nest Clause Files within
one another.
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Grouping other controls
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Panel
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Groups a set of controls on an
unlabeled, scrollable frame.
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GroupBox
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Groups a set of controls (such as
radio buttons) on a labeled, non-scrollable frame.
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TabControl
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Provides a tabbed page for organizing
and accessing grouped objects efficiently.
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MasterForm Link
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Can be set to display another Form
within a Parent Question File. Useful to display standard Form or
templates.
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