topic Designer field definitions - what is what? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127361#M89590 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have looked in the docs, on the web and in the forum. I am looking for a explanation of what the form field settings are. For instance, below I have listed all the field settings and what my guess is regarding what they do. All my questions are in bold.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would greatly appreciate it if someone in the know could help out with answering these noobie questions.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance, I'll greatly appreciate it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote"><STRONG>Id:</STRONG> like a variable identification<BR /><STRONG>Name:</STRONG> What is displayed as the label for the form<BR /><STRONG>Type:</STRONG> data type - legal values: string, long, enum, date, boolean<BR /><STRONG>Expression:</STRONG><STRONG> ???</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Variable:</STRONG> <STRONG>???</STRONG> I <STRONG>*think*</STRONG> this is the variable to store the value in. It takes the format "${variableName}" without the quotes???<BR /><STRONG>Default:</STRONG> The default value displayed in the form. As far as I can tell you may not use a variable here.<BR /><STRONG>Date pattern:</STRONG> A pattern for formatting the date.<BR /><STRONG>Readable:</STRONG> <STRONG>Is the field readable??? Not sure when you would use this???</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Writeable:</STRONG> <STRONG>Can the field value be changed?</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Required:</STRONG> Must be filled in with an appropriate value to submit.<BR /><BR /><STRONG>Form values:</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Id:</STRONG> <STRONG>????</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Name:</STRONG> <STRONG>????</STRONG><BR />(I have no idea what these do or what their legal values would be)</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:30:13 GMT ericsnyder 2013-04-03T20:30:13Z Designer field definitions - what is what? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127361#M89590 I have looked in the docs, on the web and in the forum. I am looking for a explanation of what the form field settings are. For instance, below I have listed all the field settings and what my guess is regarding what they do. All my questions are in bold.I would greatly appreciate it if someone in t Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:30:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127361#M89590 ericsnyder 2013-04-03T20:30:13Z Re: Designer field definitions - what is what? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127362#M89591 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>You can find answers to most of your questions here:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#formProperties" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#formProperties</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If readable is false, then the property will not be returned as part of the TaskFormData object and will therefore not be displayed.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>And yes writeable means that you can submit a value of that property. If writeable is false, then it's a readonly property.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Form values can be defined for enum property types. So you fill-in a list of form values with an id (=value) and name (=caption).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:49:56 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127362#M89591 trademak 2013-04-04T09:49:56Z Re: Designer field definitions - what is what? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127363#M89592 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>…and her about </SPAN><A href="http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#apiExpressions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">expressions</A></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:01:16 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/designer-field-definitions-what-is-what/m-p/127363#M89592 udoderk 2013-04-04T17:01:16Z