Step 7 Create and Execute Test Form

Step 7. Create and Execute Test Form

REP001 - Create Fields

In this step you create a simple test form which will show the fields you have created on a form. No coding is required to create this application.

1.  From the File menu, select the New option and select Form from the graphical menu. Then select Basic Form, to display the New form dialog.

2.  Enter the following characteristics for the form:

 2.  Press the Create button. A blank form will open in the Editor.

a.  Drag all the fields. Except III_NAME from iiiLIST to the form. You can either drag them individually or as a group.

     If you select them as a group using the Shift + Left Mouse button, the fields will be lined up neatly on the form.

b.  Your form might appear like the following:

     Do not add any code to your form. You are simply testing the interface.

4.  Press the   button on the Home ribbon to compile your form. The Compile tab will show you the progress of the compile.

5.  Check that the form compiled successfully.

6.  Press the  Execute button from the Runtime group on the Home ribbon, to execute the form.

 Note: The appearance of ribbons depends on the size of the Visual LANSA form. Groups such as Runtime are displayed as a single button when space is limited.

     The execute Form as Windows Application dialog may appear depending on your option settings.

7.  Press the OK button to execute the form.

     Your window should appear something like following:

8.  Test the following:

a.  Enter the number 2000 in the Salary field. Notice how the number is formatted once focus leaves this field (this is controlled by the Edit Mask in the field definition).

b.  Drop down the calendar in the Start Date field to specify a date. The way the Start Date field is displayed is the default visualization for a DateTime field (this will be described in more detail in REP002 - Field Visualizations).

9.  Close the Test Fields form.