Update a form

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

To update a form:

  1. Click Tailoring > Forms Designer in the System Navigator, or type fd on the Service Manager command line and then press Enter.
  2. Type a form name and click Search.

    Service Manager opens a list of forms. Click the form you want to update to open it.

  3. Click Design to open design mode.
  4. Add controls in any of the following ways:
    • Drag and drop the control from the toolbar to the drawing canvas to create a default–sized object.
    • Select a control in the toolbar and then click anywhere on the drawing canvas to create a default–sized object.
    • Drag and drop field(s) from a table in the System Definition onto the drawing canvas.
    • Cut, copy, or paste a control within the same form, from a different form, or from different Service Manager client.

    The properties for the control you selected appear in the properties view.

  5. Specify the name of the form in the Value text box of the Name property.
  6. Specify the database field to access in the Value text box of the Input property.
  7. Specify the height, width, and other properties as desired.
  8. To delete a control from the drawing canvas, select the control and press Delete.
  9. Click Web Preview to see what the form will look like in the Web client.
  10. Click OK to see what the form will look like in the Windows client.
  11. Click OK to save your changes.
  12. Open the form using Database Manager to test your changes:
    1. Click Tailoring > Database Manager.
    2. Click Search.

      Service Manager opens a list of forms.

    3. Click the form you just created to open it.

Related concepts

Creating and editing forms
Using the drawing canvas
Forms Designer properties view
Setting properties
Enabling HTML in forms
Using the HTML Editor
Forms Designer best practices
Web client forms

Related tasks

Access Forms Designer
Create a form using the Form Wizard
Add an HTML Editor or Viewer to a form
Add a dynamic form to a form
Add a pop-up to a form
Add a subform to a form

Related references

Forms Designer controls and tools