Creating and Using Form Backgrounds

Form Backgrounds are unique entities that are used as templates to create forms with a uniform look and feel. Form Backgrounds can be created in the Designer folder of your choice by selecting the button Create Form Background. You can create a form using an existing Form Background by selecting the desired Form Background’s thumbnail and choosing Create Form from its Action menu.

Example

1. Create a form background and add an image to it.  
2. Create another form based on the form background.

To begin go to the Folders tree and navigate to a Designer folder and select the Create Form Background button.

In the Properties panel, locate the Display section and click the Background Color selector.

This opens the Color Picker, which can be used to select the appropriate color for your background.

Next, you can place a logo on our background. From the Toolbox panel, under the Data category, drag the Image component to the workspace and expand the frame of your new image slightly, to better fit the dimensions of your logo.

To display an actual image, you will have to configure the Image component’s settings in the Properties panel. If you wish to display the same image every time, and you know where the image is located, you will check the Static Image checkbox. This will change the Data Name field to an Image selector. To define the image you want to use, you will click the Image selector.

In the resulting pop-up, click the From File selector.

Select the image and click Open.

This completes the Form Background, which can now be saved. Now close the FormBackground Designer.

To create a new form using this background select the thumbnail for the Form Background and, in the Action menu, click Create Form.

Give the form a name and click OK.

Additional Resources

• Creating Your First Form
• Creating Your First Form Flow
• Adding Images to a Page
• Building a Form's Layout