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Build an MFP Take Activity form

Use an MFP Take Activity form to automatically generate Take Activity forms for scan activities and ordinary activities.

The generated form has the following format for each activity in the process: <Form name>_<Activity name>_ <Form Type>. For example, in the LoanApproval_VerifySalary_Scan form, LoanApproval is the process name, VerifySalary is the activity name, and Scan is the form type. A Take Activity form only displays the MFP-friendly activities.

You can create the Desktop, Phone and Tablet versions of the form. The Tablet version of the form can only be touch enabled; it cannot be a non-touch form. The Embedded Page and File Upload controls are not available for a Tablet version of the Take Activity form.

Input variables are read-only; output variables are editable controls. The generated Take Activity form for a scan activity contains the Scan, Scan Settings, Complete, and Cancel buttons by default. The generated Take Activity form for an ordinary activity contains the Complete and Cancel buttons by default.

Note The Save button is available for the Take Activity forms if you select Yes for the Include Save button option.
  1. On the Home page, click Form Designer, and under MFP section, click Take Activity.

    The Take Activity Form page appears.

  2. In the Process box, consume the process map.

    A list of MFP-friendly activities showing the activity name, process name and activity type appears.

  3. By default, the activities from the embedded processes are also included in the list. To exclude embedded process activities from generating forms, click No for Include Embedded Processes.
    Note If a custom embedded process is used in a Take Activity form, the embedded page is loaded prior to the actions being performed; therefore, only the default values consumed are passed to the embedded page.
  4. To keep the name from appearing in the Associated File property of the corresponding activity, click No for Update Processes with Associated forms.
  5. To save the changes of the activity to your work queue at runtime, click Yes for Include Save Button.

    The Save button appears at runtime when you take the activity.

  6. By default all activities in the Activities list are selected. To exclude an activity from the generated form, clear the check box for that activity.

    Verify that you have at least one activity selected.

  7. Click either of the following:

    • Generate: To save the form.

    • Generate and Release: To publish the form.

      The form is generated.

    When you build a MFP Take Activity form, and if a desktop form already exists, a message appears to inform that the desktop version of this form already exists. Click Yes in the message to inject the MFP tablet form into the existing form.

  8. To configure and customize forms, see Configure a Scan activity and Customize forms.
All the process initialization variables appear as corresponding controls in the form. For example, a String variable becomes a text box, a Boolean variable becomes a check box and a Date variable appears as a Calender control.

Note

  • You can change the settings of a process or activity on which the form is generated. See Configure the advanced properties of a form.

  • When generating the Take Activity form for a Scan activity, the Scan action is available by default. This action is associated with the StartButtonPressed event on the form.

    Note The Scan action is not available when generating the Take Activity form for ordinary activities.