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  • Winshuttle Foundation

Composer Form Elements A-Z

The following table lists (alphabetically) all of the elements you can use in a Winshuttle Composer form and a brief description of each. Click the name of an element to view more information about it.

Element

Description

Type

Address

Aggregate element allowing users to enter all address data including City, State, ZIP, etc.

Helper

Assignment

Capture and record details about a workflow participant and their assignment.

Advanced

Attachment

Allow process participants to attach files/documents into a form, as it as it makes it way through the workflow.

Advanced

Button

Add custom buttons to a form. Your button may replace the default Winshuttle Form buttons that are displayed when a form is rendered.

Advanced

Checkbox

Allow users to check/uncheck a box to show that an option has been selected.

Basic

Combo Box

Allow users to enter text or select from a list of scrollable options.

Basic

Comment

Integrate the Winshuttle Comments area into a form.

Advanced

Current User

Capture details related to the user that is currently working on a form.

Advanced

Date Picker

Allow user to select a date from a calendar.

Basic

Drop Down

Allow user to select from a scrollable list of options. Options can be manually configured, or the drop down can be connected to a data source to display specific data (a list of user names, for example).

Basic

E-Mail

Allow users to enter Email addresses with built-in syntax checking.

Basic

FormData Exchange

Push and Pull data from one form to another; used in conjunction with the Form Hierarchy control (see below).

Advanced

Form Delegation

Allows a designated person (delegate) to complete a form on someone's behalf.

Advanced

Form Hierarchy

Embed a button to start another form/process within a form.

Advanced

Form Name

Configure a customizable, auto-generated, serial value into a form.

Advanced

Form Validation

Validates data entered in the form.

Advanced

Full Name

Aggregate Element allowing a user to enter both First and Last Name.

Helper

E-Mail

Allow users to enter Email address with built-in syntax checking.

Helper

HTML

Use Composer's built-in HTML editor to add custom HTML to a form.

Helper

Image

Place an uploaded image (for example, a company logo) onto a form.

Helper

Label

Static Label with no input field.

Basic

Lookup

Run a query on a data source and enter the returned value(s) into a field in the form.

Advanced

Map

Add an interactive Map to the form layout.

Helper

Number

Allow users to enter numbers with built-in syntax checking.

Basic

Oracle Lookup

Use an Oracle lookup to populate a form field or page from an Oracle Web service call.

Advanced

Password

Creates a field that requires the user to enter a password.

Helper

Process Control

Allows a form to launch and interact with the workflow.

Advanced

Process History

Display Workflow History on a form.

Advanced

Query

Query a data source, including ODBC, OLEDB, LDAP or SharePoint List.

Advanced

Radio Button

Allow users to select from a mutually exclusive list of options.

Basic

Repeating Group

Add a Group to contain a set of repeating elements.

Container

Repeating Table

Add a Table with a configurable number of columns.

Container

SAP F4 Lookup

Allows the running of an SAP F4 Lookup to populate a form field.

Advanced

Selectable Table

Add a Read-Only Table that can run a Rule when a row is selected.

Container

SharePoint User Map

Enables you to retrieve user information about who has opened a form.

Advanced

SharePoint Users

Retrieve the members of a SharePoint Site Group and display details about them in repeating table.

Advanced

Signature

Allow users to enter a signature by mouse or swipe movements.

Helper

Spacer

Add Empty Column in Layout

Basic

Text Area

Allow a user to enter multiple lines of information.

Basic

Text Box

Allow users to enter text.

Basic

URL

Creates a URL in the body of a form in a position that you specify.

Advanced

Web Service

Allows the running of a Web Service script.

Advanced

Workflow Participant

Configure your form to selectively display the participant assignment menu when a form is started and as it makes it way through the workflow.

Advanced