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Field Control Types

For each Form Field you can choose a control type that will render this field on form. This can be choosed from Field Type dropdown:

 

 

Below you can find additional configuration details about each of control types.

 

Note: Not all fields types can be used on each form field - it depends on form field source (SharePoint / Workflow Variable) and source type (e.g. Number / Text etc.).

 

Note: All of common configuration parameters for all fields are described in Form Fields section.

 

Default SharePoint Field Control


 

This can be selected if you have chosen a SharePoint List Item Field as a source for this form field. Configuration and parameters of this field are automatically taken from SharePoint List Field configuration.

 

Single line of text


 

For this type of field control you can only select if should be read only/required, choose max number of characters and provide default value.

 

 

Multiline text


 

This control represents a box that allows to input plain text and formatted text. You can also configure readonly, required and the height of this control (by setting Number of lines property).

 

 

Choice


 

This control represents a several possibilities of control: list box (single or multiselectable), dropdown (with or without fill option) and radio buttons. You can define options list to choose from (separated by new line characters). You can also define optionally different labels and values for your options. As always this can be taken from lookups.

As other field here also you can set read only and required properties. Default value means selected option.

 

 

 

 

Number


 

This control looks similar to single line, but requires user to provide number. You can configure minimum, maximum numbers that user can fill and choose to require integer values. As in other fields you can choose this field to be read only / required.

 

Yes/No


 

Yes/No is a checkbox control, with configurable read only status and default value, which should be True or False. It can convert also several other value like 1 to true and 0 to false.

 

 

Date and time


 

A date/time picker control. You can defined if should be read only or required, but also limit possible dates between selected (Earliest/Latest date), set default date and configure to show only date picker, time picker or both.

 

 

Person or group


 

This control is a people picker, allows to select user(s) and SharePoint groups(s). You can limit the control to allow only users, only groups or even users from specific groups. You can also allow single or multi selection. As other fields read only and required options exist.

 

Files


 

This control is a file uploader. You can upload files to current item, selected item on selected list or selected document library. You can filter file extensions that you allow to upload and choose if to overwrite files if found same. Also you can configure if use higher permissions (run as option). This control does not allow to configure as read only, but still you can select it to be required.

 

 

 

Custom field control


 

This option allows you to select an url to your custom control created using Datapolis Process System SDK. For more information please read adequate section in SDK documentation.

 

HTML control


 

This control allows you to put any HTML instead of showing control. This works with all of control functionalities (like interaction between fields) so it allows you to e.g. create dynamic contents (even images/colors) basing on provided data in other fields.