Setting Composite Form Section Properties

Each section in a composite form is associated with properties set during creation. You can edit these properties after creating a composite form.

  To set composite form properties:

  1. Open the composite form, and then click Layout.

    See Selecting and Opening Forms and Folders.

  2. Expand Section Properties.

  3. Click in a composite form section and set the properties as desired.

    Table 17. Composite Form Section Properties

    Option

    Description

    FormsDisplays the simple forms in the section. The following options are available for each form selected:

    • Display forms as tabs

    • Add form

    • Remove form

    • Edit form label

    • Move to top

    • Move up

    • Move down

    • Move to bottom

    Name

    Section name to be displayed at the top of the section in Preview mode and at runtime.

    Select Section name style and color to select a text style and color for the section name.

    Height

    Section height. Select:

    • Automatic to have Planning set the height.

    • % (percentage sign) to set section height to a percentage of the composite form height.

    Width

    Width of the section. Select:

    • Automatic to have Planning set the width.

    • % (percentage sign) to set section width to a percentage of the composite form width.

    Forms per Row

    Select:

    • Automatic to have Planning set the number.

    • Select a number from 1 to 20.

    The default is one form per row. If Forms per Column is set to a value other than Automatic, Forms per Row is set to Automatic.

    Note:

    If you have grouped the forms as tabs, this option is not available.

    Forms per Column

    Select:

    • Automatic to have Planning set the number.

    • Select a number from 1 to 20.

    The default is one form per column. If Forms per Row is set to a value other than Automatic, Forms per Column is set to Automatic.

    Note:

    If you have grouped the forms as tabs, this option is not available.

    Set scope for all common dimensions as globalSets all the common dimensions across all the sections in the composite form to global and displays a list of the global dimensions in Page and Point of View in the Global Dimensions properties.