FORM statement

The FORM statement creates a form.

Syntax

FORM name [caption] formOptions
    formBlock1
    ...
    formBlockN
;

After specifying the form name and caption, form options formOptions are specified in an arbitrary order

IMAGE path 
AUTOREFRESH period 

After the form options, the blocks of the form formBlock1 ... formBlockN are described in the arbitrary order:

OBJECTS ... 
TREE ...
PROPERTIES ...
FILTERS ...
[EXTEND] FILTERGROUP ...
ORDERS ...
EVENTS ...
REPORT propertyExpression
FORMEXTID extID
EDIT className OBJECT objectName
LIST className OBJECT objectName 

Description

The FORM statement declares a new form and adds it to the current module. In addition, this statement is used to describe the form structure, as well as its static and partially interactive (except form design) views. At the beginning of the statement, name and captions are specified, followed by form options and the declaration containing an arbitrary number of blocks describing the structure of the form. They can be used in any order, provided that each block is declared after the blocks whose elements it uses. Each block can be used any number of times.

Parameters

• name

  Form name. Simple ID. The name must be unique within the current namespace.

• caption

  Form caption. String literal. If the caption is not defined, the form's name will be its caption.

Form options (formOptions)

• IMAGE path

  The relative path to the file with the image that will be used as the form icon.

  • path

    Path to the file. String literal. The path is relative to the images directory.

• AUTOREFRESH period

  Specifying the automatic form update period. If the option is not specified, the form will not be updated automatically.

  • period

    A period of time in seconds. Integral literal.

Form blocks (formBlock1 ... formBlockN)

• OBJECTS ...

  Adds objects to the form. Object block syntax .

• TREE ...

  Adds an object tree to the form. Syntax of the object tree block.

• PROPERTIES ...

  Adds properties and actions to the form. Syntax of the property and action block.

• FILTERS ...

  Adds fixed filters to the form. Syntax of the fixed filters block.

• [EXTEND] FILTERGROUP ...

  Adds a group of filters to the form or extends an existing one. Syntax of a filter group block.

• ORDER ...

  Adds sorting options to the form. Syntax of the order block.

• EVENTS ...

  Defines actions that are executed on specific events. Syntax of the event block.

• FORMEXTID extID

  Specifying the name to be used to export/import this form. Used only in the structured view.

  • extId

    String literal.

• REPORT propertyExpression

  Specifying the property whose value will be used as the name of the report file for an empty group. You can use the names of already declared objects on the form as parameters. It is assumed that the values of these objects will be passed when the form is opened in the print view (if it doesn't happen, they will be considered equal to NULL).

  • propertyExpression

    Expression.

• EDIT сlassName OBJECT objectName

  Sets the current form as the edit form for all objects of the specified class.

  • className

    The name of the custom . When editing objects of this class, the created form will be opened. Defined with a composite ID.

  • objectName

    The name of the form object that will be used for editing. Defined with a simple ID.

• LIST сlassName OBJECT objectName

  Sets the current form as the list form for the object of the specified class.

  • className

    The name of the custom class whose objects will be listed using the created form. Defined with a composite ID.

  • objectName

    The name of the form object whose current value will be used as the object being selected. Defined with a simple ID.

Examples

CLASS Document;

// declaring the Documents form
FORM documents 'Documents'
    // Adding one object of the Document class. The object will be available by this name 
    // in the DESIGN, SHOW, EXPORT, DIALOG, etc. operators.
    OBJECTS d = Document 


    // ... adding properties and filters to the form

    // marking that this form should be used when it is necessary to select a document, 
    // while the d object should be used as a return value
    LIST Document OBJECT d 
;

CLASS Item;

// declaring the Product form
FORM item 'Product'
    // adding an object of the Item class and marking that it should be displayed
    // in the panel (i.e., only one value is visible)
    OBJECTS i = Item PANEL 

    // ... adding properties and filters to the form

    // marking that this form should be used when it is necessary to add or edit a product
    EDIT Item OBJECT i 
;

// declaring a form with a list of Products
FORM items 'Products'
    OBJECTS i = Item

    // ... adding properties and filters to the form

    // adding buttons that will create and edit the product using the item form
    PROPERTIES(i) NEWSESSION NEW, EDIT 
;

CLASS Invoice;
CLASS InvoiceDetail;

// declaring the invoice print form
FORM printInvoice
    OBJECTS i = Invoice // adding an object of the invoice class for which printing will be executed

    // ... adding properties and filters to the form
;

// splitting the form definition into two statements (the second statement can be transferred to another module)
EXTEND FORM printInvoice
    // adding invoice lines, each of which will be used in the report as a detail
    OBJECTS d = InvoiceDetail 

    // ... adding properties and filters to the form
;
// declaring an action that will open the invoice print form
print (Invoice invoice)  { PRINT printInvoice OBJECTS i = invoice; }