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Application Design
Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
Designing forms
Forms, like pages, display information. Everything that can be done with a page can be done with a form. What sets forms apart from pages is that forms can be used to collect information. A form provides the structure for creating and displaying documents, and documents are the design elements that store data in the database. When a user fills out the information in a form and saves it, the information is saved as a document. When a user opens the document, the document uses the form as a template to provide the structure for displaying the data.
Embedded controls
There are three types of embedded controls that can only be used on a form:
Creating an embedded file upload control

Creating an embedded file upload control

About this task

To allow Web users to attach files to documents, include a file upload control on a form. When Web users create a form or open a document in Edit mode, they can attach a file by typing the path and file name or by clicking Browse and selecting a file from the filing system. In addition, the server administrator must define a temp directory on the server or the attachment will not saved with the document. The file upload control is not supported in Notes®.

Procedure

Open the form in which you want to add the file upload control.
Move the cursor where you want the upload control to appear.
Choose Create - Embedded Element - File Upload Control.
Select the control and right-click to open the File Upload Control Properties box.
On the Hide tab select "Hide paragraph from Notes® R4.6 or later."