Form - WorkflowGen Administration Guide

Form Designer
Design mode
ASP.NET editor
Click .NET in the toolbar to open the ASP.NET code editor, which can be used to define server-side procedures, events, and global variables to handle any specific custom tasks. This feature is mainly intended for ASP.NET server-side development.
As of WorkflowGen version 7.19.0, all default.aspx files are saved with the Page Async property set to true (e.g. <%@ Page Async="true" ... %>). This allows asynchronous ASP.NET web form development (see the Using Asynchronous Methods in ASP.NET 4.5 Microsoft article for more information).
JavaScript editor
Click JS in the toolbar to open the JavaScript code editor, which can be used to define server-side procedures, events, and global variables to handle any specific custom tasks. This feature is mainly intended for JavaScript client-side development.
Advanced features
Server-side editing mode
Check Enable server-side editing mode on the General tab in the Form configuration panel to activate this mode, which allows form designers to modify the content of the form's C# runat server tag (e.g. <script runat="server") and JavaScript script tag (e.g. <script jseditor="true">) directly in the generated default.aspx file on the server (usually located in the \wfapps\webforms[PROCESSNAME]\V[VERSION] folder) using Visual Studio Professional or Visual Studio Code. 
The .NET and JavaScript editors are disabled when server-side editing mode is enabled.
You must save the form on the WorkflowGen Form screen every time you make changes to a script's code in the default.aspx file in order to keep the form's HTML script tags (FORM_HTML) up to date. This is mandatory before you can export the XPDL process definition for deployment on another server.
AJAX mode
If you're using the Form Designer, you can enable AJAX mode by checking Enable AJAX mode on the General tab of the Form configuration panel.
When adding a custom control (e.g. a button to handle form submission), you must register the control ID as a postback control in the Page_Load event's ScriptManager object. For example:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    base.Page_Load(sender, e);    
    
    // Register the custom button to the script manager for postback management in AJAX mode
    if (ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this) != null) {
        ScriptManager.GetCurrent(this).RegisterPostBackControl(ACTION1_BUTTON1);
    }
}
Toolbar
Design mode
Icon
Name
Description
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New form
Creates a new form or replaces the current form
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Save the form
Saves the current form (you can also press Ctrl+S to save)
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Print the form
Prints the current form
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Save a section or field as tool
Saves the selected section or field as a custom tool
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Duplicate a section or field
Makes a copy of the selected section or field and inserts it in the form. The duplicate section or field will appear below the selected section or field.
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Delete a section or field
Deletes the selected section or field from the form
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Form configuration
Opens the Form configuration window
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Workflow view
Displays the interactive workflow view
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Undo/redo
Undoes or redoes the most recent changes made to the form
Styles
Select a style
List of default and custom styles; select an item to change the style of the current form.
Tools
Select a tool
List of default and custom tools; select an item in order to add the tool to the form using the Insert button.
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Insert the selected tool
Inserts the selected tool in the form
Id
Edit ID
Edit section and field identifiers
Tooltip
Edit tooltip
Edit section and field tooltips
Format
Edit format
Edit section and field format
Appearance
Edit appearance
Edit the appearance of headers, footers, labels, sections, and fields (see Appearance)
Behavior
Edit field and section behavior
Displays the interactive view of the workflow, activates the Required, Read-only, and Hidden clickable options for each form field, and sets the behavior of sections and form fields for each action (see Field & section behavior)
Mapping
Edit field’s action data mapping
Displays the interactive view of the workflow, activates clickable options Retrieve the value and Send the value for each form field and defines the data input and output for each action (see Field data mapping)
.NET
ASP.NET
Switch to the ASP.NET code editor
ASP.NET editor
Icon
Name
Description
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New
Clears the ASP.NET code
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Save
Saves the ASP.NET code
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Comment/Uncomment
Adds or removes // before the selected line(s)
Design
Form Designer
Switch to the Form Designer
JS
JavaScript
Switch to the JavaScript code editor
JavaScript editor
Icon
Name
Description
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New
Clears the JavaScript code
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Save
Saves the JavaScript code
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Comment/Uncomment
Adds or removes // before the selected line(s)
Design
Form Designer
Switch to the Form Designer
.NET
ASP.NET
Switch to the ASP.NET code editor
Form configuration
A form created with the built-in Form Designer has one header, one or several sections, one or several fields per section, a Submit button, an optional Save as a draft button, and one footer.
General tab
Name
Description
Web forms
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Enable server-side editing mode
See Server-side editing mode​
Enable AJAX mode
See AJAX mode​
Header
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Title
The title of the form
Width
The width of the form header
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Numeric value with or without the unit of measure (px, pt, in, cm, mm, pc, em, ex, %), e.g. 720px
Height
The height of the form header
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Numeric value with or without the unit of measure (px, pt, in, cm, mm, pc, em, ex, %), e.g. 38px
Image alignment
The alignment for the header image:
Right: The image will be aligned to the right.
Left: The image will be aligned to the left.
None: No alignment.
Image URL
The URL of the image to be shown
Image width
The width of the image
Image height
The height of the image
Image repeat
Sets if and how the image will be repeated:
No-repeat: the image will not be repeated
Repeat: the image will be repeated both vertically and horizontally (this is the default setting)
Repeat x: the image will be repeated only horizontally
Repeat y: the image will be repeated only vertically
Sections
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Width
The width for all sections
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Numeric value with or without the unit of measure (px, pt, in, cm, mm, pc, em, ex, %), e.g. 720px
Adjust width automatically
Check to apply adjusted width to all sections
Labels
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Alignment
The alignment for all field labels:
Right: the label will be aligned to the right of the field
Left: the label will be aligned to the left of the field
Top: the label will be aligned on top of the field
Width
The width for all field labels
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Numeric value with or without the unit of measure (px, pt, in, cm, mm, pc, em, ex, %), e.g. 150px
Apply the width
Check to apply the width to all field labels
Web references tab
Name
Description
Include jQuery API and jQuery UI libraries
Check this option to include the jQuery and jQuery UI libraries in runtime mode (form execution); by default, these libraries are available in design mode
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Available versions:
v1.7.2 & v1.8.20
v1.10.2 & v1.10.3
v3.5.1 & v1.12.1 (default)
Free text
Custom web references to be included in the HTML head that will be available in both design and run-time modes. Only <script>, <meta>, <link>, and <style> tags are supported. When you enter a tag, the free text editor automatically inserts its closing tag.
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📌 Example:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css" />
<style type="text/css">
body {background-color:yellow}
p {color:blue}
</style>
<meta name="description" content="my content" />
<script type="text/javascript">
alert("Hello World!");
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="myscript.js">
</script>

To fold a code block, click the down arrow next to the line number, which will insert a double-arrow icon in place of the code. To unfold the code block, click the right arrow. 

Press Ctrl+Spaceto display a drop-down menu that lists the available variables and keywords.
Translations tab
Name
Description
Select a language
The Form Designer allows you to translate form labels and error messages to the languages available in WorkflowGen. Select a language for translation from the languages available in the drop-down list.
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✏️ Note: Generic language selections such as English, French, Spanish, etc., correspond to the version of the language that the administrator initially used to create a form. For example, if the administrator used English (United States) to create a form, then in this instance the selections English (United States) and English would be one and the same.
Free text
Write translated text that corresponds to the selected language. If a field is left empty, then the language will defer in the following order: Country-specific language > Generic language > Default language.

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