Create form

To ensure that artifacts can be created and edited later in the project, appropriate forms must be available. You create the forms yourself in the Form Designer. There, you specify:

• which controls to use and
• what the form’s layout should look like.

In addition to artifacts, you can also create and provide your own forms for the included element types. This allows you to design dialogs with variable input fields and use them in a context-specific manner.

The included standard forms can be found in the Settings window, in the Settings package. Here, you can also create and manage your own forms.

1. Open the Settings window using the vertical toolbar.
2. From the context menu of the Settings package, select Create other→ Form.
3. Name the form and select a stereotype.

4. In the Create-Command and Edit-Command tabs, you define in which context menu group the commands for creating and editing should appear.
5. Select the Display on top-most level in menu option.
6. Select a group from the drop-down menu or create your own.

7. In the next dialog, select the artifact properties that you want to include in the form and click OK.

In the Form Designer, you’ll see the form with the selected properties.
You can now customize the layout by rearranging the individual controls, renaming labels, or replacing controls.

8. Save the form.