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Overview

On this lesson, we will learn about the “Inputbox” control that is very helpful when we have surveys or forms that we want to fill with multiple data and store in our database. Let’s check the multiple type of fields that we can create with this control.

How to create an “Inputbox” control?

First we need to enter on the page that we want to work on. Under the “Controls” section, choose the “Inputbox” option. Click on “New” button

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A popup will be prompted to generate the control.

Once we completed the Object Name and Displayed Name fields, there’s another important field that we need to select before saving this control. “Special Function” field will indicate which type of inputbox are we going to generate. We tried in another lessons about create a regular inputbox, a text field where the application user can include alphanumeric text, let’s select “Calendar” to check how this inputbox works in situations where the date is needed to continue the form.

On Layout tab, check the placeholder and the order. “Max Lenght” field is more used when you want to include a text field, in this case, the date inputbox won’t need a max

Click on “Submit” button to generate the control.

Now that the control is displayed on screen, let’s click on “Preview” button to verify that this is available in our page.

We can see that the field is added in the corresponding order and showing the label that we indicated in the creation. Like in the order controls, we can now link this inputbox with another action using a “Save” button to store the information recollected in the database like we explained in previous lessons related to “Actions” functionality.

Recap

On this lesson, we learnt how to include a date inputbox field in the form but there are different options to create your forms, choose the one that fit better in your application!