Forms overview
Types of forms
The NFM-P displays forms in response to menu options or other on-screen selections. Forms display lists or allow you to view and configure properties. Some forms display other information.
The GUI displays the following form types:
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other forms such as messages, warnings, or dialog boxes. These forms are also sometimes referred to as windows.
See Figure 1-1, List form and Figure 1-4, Service configuration form with built-in tree for examples of NFM-P forms.
Forms can be sized, positioned, and managed using standard OS functions and NFM-P display features; see To manage the display of windows and forms . A form can be displayed anywhere in the GUI. A newly opened form is displayed in the foreground. You can do the following:
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save a set of open forms and reopen them later with one operation, to provide quick access to forms that you use often; see To save or open a set of forms for quick access .
Forms are identified by a titlebar at the top. The displayed form name is the name specified during object creation. If the object is not named, a default name is used. When a form is minimized to the taskbar, a tool tip on the taskbar icon of the form displays the title bar information. The Window menu on the main menu lists all open forms.
Forms typically contain tabs, buttons, fields, and other elements that you can click to perform actions, depending on the form type. When these elements are not available or not applicable, they are dimmed.
More Actions button
Buttons that perform various functions appear at the bottom of configuration forms and on the right side of list forms. When a form is resized to a smaller size, or when there are too many buttons to fit in the available space, some of the buttons are consolidated into a More Actions button. The consolidated buttons are available as menu items when you click More Actions; see Figure 1-1, List form and Figure 1-4, Service configuration form with built-in tree .