Checkbox Element Properties

The Checkbox element adds a simple checkbox to a form.

A property specific to the Checkbox is Selection Size. It allows you to set the size of the buttons in the form.

Back to Form Elements

Related topic: Element Properties

Name

Value Type

Description

Name

Text

The internal name for an element in the form.

Binding

Menu selection

The name (not the label) of the form field to which an element is bound.

Element Type

TextBox | Text Area | Dropdown | ComboBox | Date Picker | Number | Email | Checkbox | Radio Button

Lets you quickly change a basic element (such as a Text Box) to another, similar type of basic element, such as a Dropdown or Combo Box.

Required

True | False

True: Requires input from the user and marks the form field with a red asterisk.

False : Element will not require user input.

Read Only

True | False

True : Element is read-only and cannot be modified.

False : Element can be modified.

Rules

Special

Click to view (or create) any Rules (logic, formulas, etc.) applied to an element.

Promote to Solution Field

Text

Name of the solution field to which this field is promoted. If the field name provided here does not exist in the solution fields, then a field with provided name will be created in the solution fields.

Custom Values

True | False

True/False. Set to true to specify the Checked and Unchecked values that SAP is expecting.

Checked Value

Text

For SAP there is no need for single or double quotes. Visible only when Custom Value is set to true.

Unchecked Value

Text

For SAP this should be blank. There is no need for single or double quotes. Visible only when Custom Value is set to true.

Default Value

Number/Text

The default value for an element.

Refresh Default Value

True | False

False (default). Only set to True if you have used a rule in the default value of the field.

Encrypt

True | False

When the Field Encryption property is set to True for a form field, data entered into the field is stored in an encrypted format in the form XML and log files.

If the field is in a form view to be rendered, or the field needs to post to SAP or any 3rd party web service, the field is decrypted by the Server and sent in plain text format. In order to ensure complete security, the data transmission should occur via https.

Class Names

Text

Space separated Names of CSS classes to be used to customize the look of the element.

Propagate Changes to all Views

True | False

When you change style or properties for common labels in a Composer form with multiple views, you will be prompted by a dialog box asking if you want to apply the changes to all views. Setting this option to True automatically propagates style or property changes to all applicable views without prompting.