Drawing Complex Controls

Complex controls enable you to easily incorporate entire sections of the user interface into your form. Complex controls are meant to be the only control on a tab. If you add one or more simple controls to a tab that contains a complex control, the simple controls will be placed on a separate tab at runtime.

You can create the following complex property controls from the Tools Palette:

  • Custom Property List Control
  • Attachments Control
  • Item History Control
  • Item Labels Control
  • Item Links Control
  • Item References Control
  • User List Control

To create complex property controls (general)

  1. Click the desired complex property button on the Tools Palette. The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair.
  2. Click and drag to draw the control on the form in the Form Layout Area. The Create New Control dialog box opens.
  3. Type a unique property name for the control, and click OK.
Note: The buttons on the Tools Palette represent the simple control properties that you can add to the form. The buttons are not applicable to every item type. For example, you cannot add a User List Control to a Change Request dialog.
Parent topic: Controls