Description:
Execute form can display a form to the user. Once the form is submitted, a workflow instance is automatically created and executed based on the widget configuration.
Inputs
- ID/Name - Name of widget generated by FlowWright (read-only field)
- Execute Form Text - Enter description for Form Text
- Select Form Definition - Select the existing form definition
- Select Workflow Definition - Select relevant workflow definition related to the form definition
- Select variables to hold Form-ID - Select variable existing in the workflow definition
- Open Windows - Select the checkbox to execute and render the form in a new window (tick mark)
- Hide - Select the checkbox to Hide (tick mark)
- Read Only - Select the checkbox to Read-Only (tick mark)
- Tool Tip - Enter information to display on mouse hover on form render
- Styles - Enter the CSS scripts for widget styles
- Apply Classes - Select between custom classes defined
- Save - Save the input values
- Delete - Remove this form widget from the designer page
- Close - Close the input popup window
Design:
Example:
Let’s build and execute the “ExecuteFormDef” example.
- Create a new form definition called “ExecuteFormDef.”
- Select the Open Designer checkbox and click the “Create” button
- Drag an “ExecuteForm” widget to the canvas
- Double-click on the widget to configure the inputs as shown in the below graphic
- Click on the "Select Form Definition" drop-down and select the existing form definition
- Click on the "Select Workflow Definition" drop-down and select the relevant workflow definition related to the form definition
- Click on the "Select variables to hold Form-ID" drop-down and select the variable existing in the workflow definition
- Click on the Save button and Close the popup window
- Generate a new Form Instance. Navigate to the Actions menu and Edit the form instance. The rendered widget will appear as shown in the below graphic.
- On Click, the "Execute Form" widget renders the form based on the configuration and waits for user input and a Submit button to proceed. The form is submitted successfully, as shown in the graphic below.
- The "Execute Form" widget executes the form and creates a new workflow instance. Navigate to the Form Instance page to view the new workflow instance created automatically.
