Create FormConrols Dynamically or by Button

We can add lots of FormControls dynamically on form design. In this Post, I am showing you to add some formControls runtime or click by Button. So if you want to add these control at runtime you have to write all below code in “init()” on form Methods and if you want to add these control clicking by button then you have to override “click()” on created button methods. And I'm going to use second way (click by Button) in this post for every control. For this first we should create a form with designs according to figure 1.

Figure 1 – Create Form Design

 1. Create Group :-

void clicked()

{

    FormBuildDesign                  formBuildDesign = form.design();

    FormBuildGroupControl       formBuildGroupControl;

    FormGroupControl               formGroupControl ;

     ;

    formGroupControl = OldGroup.addControl(FormControlType::Group,'NewGroup');

    formGroupControl.caption("Description");

    FormBuildGroupControl = formBuildDesign.control(OldGroup.id());

 }

Figure 2 – Add GroupControl

2. Create ComboBox :-

void clicked()

{

    FormBuildDesign                       formBuildDesign = form.design();

    FormBuildComboBoxControl    formBuildComboBoxControl;

    FormComboBoxControl            formComboBoxControl;

    ;

    formComboBoxControl = OldGroup.addControl(FormControlType::ComboBox,'ComboBox');

    formComboBoxControl.label("ComboBox");

    formComboBoxControl.enumType(118); // 118 is Id for ItemType enum

    formBuildComboBoxControl = formBuildDesign.control(OldGroup.id());

    super();

}

Figure 3 – Add ComboBox

3. Create CheckBox:-

void clicked()          

{

    FormBuildDesign             formBuildDesign = form.design();

    FormBuildCheckBoxControl    formBuildCheckBoxControl;

    FormCheckBoxControl         formCheckBoxControl;

    ;

    formCheckBoxControl = OldGroup.addControl(FormControlType::CheckBox,'CheckBox');

    formCheckBoxControl.label("CheckBox");

    formBuildCheckBoxControl = formBuildDesign.control(OldGroup.id());

    super();

}

Figure 4 – Add CheckBox

4. Create TabPage:-

void clicked()

{

    FormBuildDesign            formBuildDesign = form.design();

    FormBuildTabPageControl    formBuildTabPageControl;

    FormTabPageControl         formTabPageControl;

    ;

    formTabPageControl = tab.addControl(FormControlType::TabPage,'TabPage');

                                            //tab is already create tab set auto declaration - Yes

    formTabPageControl.caption("Details");

    formTabPageControl.width(500);

    formTabPageControl.height(100);

    formBuildTabPageControl = formBuildDesign.control(tab.id());

    super();

}

Figure 5 – Add TabPage

5. Create Grid:-

void clicked()

{

    FormBuildDesign         formBuildDesign = form.design();

    FormBuildGridControl    formBuildGridControl;

    FormGridControl         formGridControl;

    ;

    formGridControl = OldGroup.addControl(FormControlType::Grid,'Grid');

    formGridControl.width(500);

    formGridControl.height(100);

    formBuildGridControl = formBuildDesign.control(OldGroup.id());

    super();

}

Figure 6 – Add GridControl

6. Create StringEdit in Grid:-

void clicked()

{

    FormBuildDesign         formBuildDesign = form.design();

    FormBuildStringControl    formBuildStringControl;

    FormStringControl         formStringControl;

    ;

    formStringControl = Grid.addControl(FormControlType::String,'StringEdit');

    formStringControl.extendedDataType(99);

    formBuildStringControl = formBuildDesign.control(TabPage1.id());

    super();

}

Figure 7 – Add StringEditControl on Grid with CustomerAccount EDT