Set the appearance of a single study object (control styles)

Tip:

By following this procedure, you're configuring the styles for a particular study object on a particular form. If the study object is used elsewhere in the study, its other instances will use the default appearance set at the form level.

1. At the bottom of the Project Explorer, click the Forms and Transactions () button, and expand the InForm folder and the Formsfolder, if necessary.
2. Select a form, and select the Layout tab.
3. Right-click a control, and select Edit Control Styles.
4. You can set up the following styles:

   Blood Pressure Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the top-level item's caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Control orientation—Align the controls of the Blood Pressure item horizontally or vertically.
   • Display Override—Make the control Read only (visible but not editable in Oracle InForm) or Hidden (not visible in Oracle InForm).

   Compound Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Control orientation—For a control with sub-controls (also called nested controls), indicate whether you want the nested controls to be displayed horizontally or vertically.

   Date Time Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the top-level item's caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Visible fields—Date and time fields to make visible in Oracle InForm. For example, you can make only the Month and Year controls visible for a date item.
   • Year range—First and last years that you want to appear in the Year field for a date item.

   Float Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the top-level item's caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Textbox size—Width of the control in which users can enter alphanumeric characters such as letters, numbers, and punctuation marks.
   • Unit control type—For an item with units or a codelist, indicate whether you want the options to appear as radio buttons or in a drop-down list.
   • Display Override—Make the control Read only (visible but not editable in Oracle InForm) or Hidden (not visible in Oracle InForm).

   Integer Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the top-level item's caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Textbox size—Width of the control in which users can enter alphanumeric characters such as letters, numbers, and punctuation marks.
   • Unit control type—For an item with units or a codelist, indicate whether you want the options to appear as radio buttons or in a drop-down list.
   • Display Override—Make the control Read only (visible but not editable in Oracle InForm) or Hidden (not visible in Oracle InForm).

   Text Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the top-level item's caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Textbox size—Width of the control in which users can enter alphanumeric characters such as letters, numbers, and punctuation marks.
   • Display Override—Make the control Read only (visible but not editable in Oracle InForm) or Hidden (not visible in Oracle InForm).
   • Character set restriction—Indicate whether you want to require Oracle InForm users to enter only ASCII characters in text items without codelists, or if InForm users can use any character set for text items.

     The ASCII Only restriction is enforced if you're deploying to Oracle InForm release 5.0 or higher.

   Yes No Item

   • Caption—Text that appears with the control in Oracle InForm.
   • Caption alignment—Align the top-level item's caption to the left, top, right, or bottom of the control.
   • Control orientation—Align the controls horizontally or vertically.
   • Codelist control type—For an item with a codelist, indicate whether you want the options to appear as radio buttons or in a drop-down list.
   • Display Override—Make the control Read only (visible but not editable in Oracle InForm) or Hidden (not visible in Oracle InForm).

5. Click Apply, and click Close.