Modify the Default List Form

AVEVA Work Tasks allows its end users to modify the default list forms using Edit option. When you submit a list, a form is automatically generated for that list and it will be saved in the Forms page. You can find the generated form inside the Dynamic List Forms folder in the Forms page.

In List Designer, you have very limited controls and that are not sufficient to design a sophisticated form. So you need to design a list with available controls. After creating a list a form is auto-generated for the list. This auto-generated form can be modified later.

In the previous scenario, you have created a Purchase Order list and a form was auto generated for the list. In this scenario, you will modify the Purchase Orders form to make it more functional.

The objective is to replace the control form with the grid and place all the child items in the grid.

To modify the default list form

1. In the Enterprise Console, click the Menu button, and then click Forms. The Forms page appears.

2. In the Dynamic List Forms, you will see a form with the same name of the list i.e Purchase Order. Select that list and on the Ribbon bar click Edit. The Forms Designer page is displayed.

   Note: We are now replacing the Purchase Order Details form with grid.

3. Click the Replace Control button corresponding to the Purchase Order Details control. The Replace Control window is displayed.

4. Click the drop-down list and select Grid option.

5. Select Yes for the field, Copy similar properties? This is to maintain the same properties for the control.

6. Click Replace. The form control is replaced with the Grid control.

7. Click Submit.

   Note: Similarly you can replace List controls with Form controls like Radio Buttons, Lookup Input etc.

   If you have deleted any field by mistake, you can add the deleted field by dragging and dropping the appropriate control. But ensure to use the same XML node bound to the table of the deleted control.

   Assume that you have deleted the field Purchase Order Date from your Purchase Order list. But after deleting it, you have realized that you require the same field and you want to create the field.

To add the Purchase Order Date

8. Drag and drop the Date Input in to the orange bar of the form area. This will add the control at the end of the form. If you want to add the control in the previous location, drop the control in to the green bar of the control which was just after the Purchase Order Date in your previous form. The Date Input Property window is displayed.

9. Enter the Tag name as Purchase Order Date.

10. Enter the same Mapped XML Node of the field in the form that you have deleted. Your XML node was PuchaseOrderDate. So enter this in the Mapped XML Node field.

11. Then click Save. The date field is added to the form.

    Note: In this scenario, you have added the Date Input. If you wish, you can add DateTime input control also. Ensure that you have entered the same XML node of the deleted field.