How to add fields to a form

  1. Click the Fields tab to view the fields list.
  2. In the Name column, type the name of the field.
    The name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters. Special characters (for example, ~, !, @, #, $, %) are not allowed. The maximum number of supported characters for this field is 64.
  3. In the Display column, type an alternative text to represent the field in the MFP panel.
    If Display column is left empty, then the field name will be used instead.
  4. Choose how the data for the field will be collected by selecting an option from the Type column. The following field types are supported:
    Field TypeUsage
    Text Allows users to enter unformatted text into a text box such as sentences, names, numbers, date, and time.
    List Presents users with a list of choices from which users select the desired item.
    Tree Presents users with choices they can select from in tree from.
    Checkbox Allows users to set yes/no or true/false values by selecting or clearing a check box.
    Numeric Allows users to enter numeric values.
    Date Allows users to enter date values based on selected date formats.
    Lookup List Allow users to dynamically retrieve values from an ODBC Data Source
    Label Displays informative text on a form.
    Button Allows users to click a button to trigger customized events on the server that manipulate a form.
    You can click the browse button (...) in the last column of the table to configure properties for field. This displays a properties dialog box with settings for the field type.
  5. Select the check box in the required field Required field icon column if the user must enter a value for the field.
  6. Select the check box in the notify server on change Notify server on change column to trigger an event when the value of the field changes.
    You can respond to this event in the script that was configured for the dynamic form section in the general tab. For details on how to respond to form and field events refer to the Samsung Scripting documentation.
  7. To remove a field form the form, click in the first column to select the field row, and then press the Delete key.