- Introduction to WorkXpress
- Building Your Application
- Examples and Best Practices
- Technical Manual
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| ===== Building Your Interface ===== | ===== Building Your Interface ===== | ||
| - | Forms are the way you present information to your users. Create rich pages and navigation. | + | In our first lesson, we learned how to use Tables, Relationships, and Fields to construct a data model for the application you want to build. In this second lesson, we'll teach you to use the presentation layer in WorkXpress to construct an interface for your application. In WorkXpress, the presentation layer of an application uses Forms to display Fields. |
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| - | Fields are nested in Forms, and let users enter data about Tables. | + | |
| + | |{{:training_fields_layouts.png|}}|{{:layouts_block2.png|}}Forms are the way you present information to your users. Create rich pages and navigation.| | ||
| + | |::: |{{:fields_block.png|}}Fields are nested in Forms, and let users enter data about Tables.| | ||
| - | In our first lesson, we learned how to use Tables, Relationships, and Fields to construct a data model for the application you want to build. In this second lesson, we'll teach you to use the presentation layer in WorkXpress to construct an interface for your application. In WorkXpress, the presentation layer of an application uses Forms to display Fields. | ||
| ==== Forms ==== | ==== Forms ==== | ||
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| |{{:calendar.png|}}Calendar |Month, Day, Week, Year views| | |{{:calendar.png|}}Calendar |Month, Day, Week, Year views| | ||
| |{{::tree.png|}}Tree |Displaying data in a hierarchical format| | |{{::tree.png|}}Tree |Displaying data in a hierarchical format| | ||
| - | |Matrix |Displaying data that has two dynamic dimensions| | + | |{{::matrix-24.png|}}Matrix |Displaying data that has two dynamic dimensions| |
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| It's critical for you to understand the idea of nested Forms and Fields before you move on to the next lesson about the Logic Layer. | It's critical for you to understand the idea of nested Forms and Fields before you move on to the next lesson about the Logic Layer. | ||
| - | === Mode === | + | ==== Mode ==== |
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| - | === Security === | + | ==== Security ==== |
| You may configure security options for any Form that restrict a user's ability to edit or view that Form. Commonly, security is used to hide or reveal Forms to a user based on that user's role in your organization. | You may configure security options for any Form that restrict a user's ability to edit or view that Form. Commonly, security is used to hide or reveal Forms to a user based on that user's role in your organization. | ||
