form (Domino DTD)
Represents a form.
Containment Hierarchy
Contained by: %design.elements;, %named.element.link.types;
Contains: %named.design.note.prolog;, <globals>, <code>, <actionbar>, <background>, <body>, %note.epilog;
Syntax
<!ELEMENT form ( %named.design.note.prolog;, globals?, code*, actionbar?, background?, body, %note.epilog; )>Content
%named.design.note.prolog;, globals?, code*, actionbar?, background?, body, %note.epilog;Contains any one of the contents of %named.design.note.prolog; entity, an optional <globals> element, any number of <code> elements, optional <actionbar> and <background> elements, followed by a <body> element and any one of the contents of the %note.epilog; entity.
Attributes
<!ATTLIST form| bgcolor |
#IMPLIED |
|
| inherit |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| mailable |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| type |
(%form.types;) |
"document" |
| recalc |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| storeform |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| editonopen |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| anonymous |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| nofieldexchange |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| versions |
(%form.versions;) |
"none" |
| manualversion |
%boolean; |
"false" |
| inheritdoc |
(%form.inheritdocs;) |
"none" |
| inheritdocfield |
%string; |
#IMPLIED |
| contextpane |
(%form.contextpanes;) |
"hide" |
| mergeconflicts |
%boolean; |
#IMPLIED |
| conflictaction |
%form.conflictactions; |
"createconflicts" |
| dataconnection.metadataname |
%string; |
#IMPLIED |
| dataconnection.resourcename |
%string; |
#IMPLIED |
| signdocuments |
%boolean; |
"false" |
>anonymous
Indicates whether the form is anonymous to protect the anonymity of the author or editor.
conflictaction
Indicates how to handle form replication conflicts. See the %form.conflictactions; entity for a list of options.
contextpane
Options used when a field inherits values from another document, as defined by the %form.contextpanes; entity.
dataconnection.metadataname
Name of the metadata object to extract external data from by default when external data connections are enabled.
dataconnection.resourcename
Name of the Data Connection Resource in the database to use by default when external data connections are enabled.
editonopen
Indicates whether to automatically put documents created using this form into edit mode when opened.
inherit
Indicates whether the form design is inherited from the database template.
inheritdoc
Inherits a parent or related document as defined in the %form.inheritdocs; entity.
inheritdocfield
Value of a field that inherits values from a parent document. The default value is the name of the field in the parent document that contains the value you want to inherit.
mailable
Indicates whether the Mail Send dialog appears when a document is closed, to give users the option of mailing it.
manualversion
Indicates whether the user can manually create a new version of the document by choosing File - Save as New Version.
mergeconflicts
Indicates whether the form merges replication conflicts into a single document. This attribute was deprecated in version 6.0. Use conflictaction instead.
nofieldexchange
Indicates whether a field can be used to exchange data with other Notes application. For more details, see the topic Exchanging data using Notes/FX in Application Development with Domino Designer.
recalc
Indicates whether the form automatically recalculates fields whenever a field value changes.
signdocuments
Boolean. If true, indicates that documents can be signed.
storeform
Indicates whether to store the form in the document.
type
Type of response document (if any) that this form creates. See the %form.types; entity for a list of options.
versions
Version tracking method as defined by the %form.versions; entity.
Defined entities for <form> element
The %form.conflictactions; entity defines how to handle form replication conflicts.
Syntax:
<!ENTITY % form.conflictactions "createconflicts | donotcreateconflicts | mergeconflicts | mergenoconflicts ">createconflicts
If a replication conflict of a form occurs, a replication conflict document appears as a response to the document that triggered the replication conflict.
donotcreateconflicts
Does not record the replication conflict of a form using a response document.
mergeconflicts
If a replication conflict of a form occurs, saves the edits to each field in a single document. If two users edit the same field in the same document, saves one document as a main document and the other as a response document, marked as a replication conflict.
mergenoconflicts
If a replication conflict of a form occurs, saves the edits to each field in a single document. If two users edit the same field in the same document, one user's edits get saved and the other's do not. No replication conflict response documents display in the view.
The %form.contextpanes; entity defines the different ways to display the context pane.
Syntax:
<!ENTITY % form.contextpanes "hide | link | parent ">hide
Does not display the context pane.
link
Displays the document linked to in the doclink in the context pane.
parent
Displays the parent document in the context pane.
The %form.inheritdocs; entity defines the different ways an entire selected document can be inherited into a rich text field.
Syntax:
<!ENTITY % form.inheritdocs "none | link | richtext | collapsed ">collapsed
Inherits selected document as collapsible rich text.
link
Inherits selected document as a link.
none
Does not inherit selected document.
richtext
Inherits selected document as rich text.
The %form.types; entity lists the types of response documents a form creates.
Syntax:
<!ENTITY % form.types "document | response | responsetoresponse ">document
Document form.
response
Main response form.
responsetoresponse
Response to Response form used in a discussion thread.
The %form.versions; entity defines the different ways you can maintain a history of changes to a document.
Syntax:
<!ENTITY % form.versions "none | newresponse | oldresponse | newsibling ">newresponse
New versions become responses; the original document is the parent.
newsibling
New versions become siblings; all documents are equal in the view hierarchy.
none
Does not maintain history of changes.
oldresponse
Prior versions become responses; the new document is the parent.