Introduction to Views

Creating a View is the second step when creating SmartForms. The View Designer is available when creating or editing a View. The View Designer wizard guides the user through the creation and maintenance of a View. The Wizard starts with a General screen which presents the user with the option to choose between an Item View and a List View. The rest of the wizard presents the same steps irrespective of which type of View is selected.
A View graphically represents the internal structure and or the data bound to the SmartObject. A View is bound to a primary SmartObject, but can interact with multiple SmartObjects by use of Rules and Conditions. A View can be unbound in the case of an Item View but is usually bound to a primary SmartObject. A Form is a container of one or more Views and the Views can be configured to inter-communicate, capture, amend and display the data bound to one or more SmartObject.
The following types of Views are available:

• Item View - Presents the user with the functionality to create a View that will be used to capture information
• List View - Presents the user with the functionality to create a View that will be used to display lists of information
• Editable List View - Presents the user with the functionality to create a View that will be used to edit lists of information

Views can be accessed in the following ways:

• Right clicking on a SmartObject - The SmartObject will be used as the source of information and the details of the SmartObject will be available for use in the View Designer
• Right clicking the K2 Designer node in the Category Tree - Opens a blank View Designer
• Right clicking the My Items, All Items or Recent Items nodes - Opens a blank View Designer
• Right clicking a category in the Category Tree - Opens a blank View Designer
• Selecting Design View from the K2 Designer listing Form - Opens the View Designer using the SmartObject selected
• On the Finish Form of a SmartObject Designer wizard - Opens the View Designer using the current SmartObject

In addition, the ability to automatically generate Views using an existing SmartObject is also available from these locations. The Generate Options screen provides the ability to select the type of View to be generated and the Form specifics if a Form is to be generated.