Form

A Form is a stateful presentation Component that enables users to view and modify data in a Windows or character mode application.

Characteristics

Characteristics

 

Icon:

Component icon

Object type code:

cpt

Main Development Object?

Yes

Has layout?

Yes

Layout binding?

Implicit

Part of:

Contains:

Component Entity, Label, Property, Code Container

Generalization:

Component

Specializations:

Compilation Output:

Signature, FormName.frm, FormName.sig

URI format:

cpt:FormName

Specialization

Form specializes Component in the following ways:

  • It has a layout that is part of the component itself

  • It has specialized triggers

  • It compiles to a deployable runtime component (.frm) and signature