Mi-Forms How To
Examples that show how to design or script forms to perform tasks
When you attempt to export a form to PDF, data contained in Grid fields is not included. The solution to this problem is to create a custom report page to d...
Thu, 2 Apr, 2015 at 5:53 PM
There are two basic methods for populating a picklist from a database. Using the Mi-Forms Designer’s built-in ODBC picklist available in the Picklist ...
Wed, 17 Dec, 2014 at 8:38 AM
Using the code below, you can clear out errors from the Validator. Normally validation rules are in place to prevent bad data from being exported. Using m...
Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 at 3:04 PM
Mi-Forms includes a “date picker” as part of the Generic Dialogs namespace. To use the dialogs from this namespace, you must first add a reference to the M...
Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 at 3:08 PM
Form navigation can be triggered through a variety of methods within a tablet pc based form. The method you choose will depend on the complexity of the for...
Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 at 3:13 PM
Hiding a form page is as simple as adding this line of script to your form:
_Form.Pages(0).Hidden = True
In this example, we are hiding ...
Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 at 3:24 PM
Please see the attached form for an example ODBC Connection
Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 at 3:28 PM
DataPaths created using the designer interface run every time you "Finish" a form. Sometimes a datapath may not be desired.
What you can ...
Fri, 6 Mar, 2015 at 8:46 AM
To email a pdf copy of a finished form to someone, follow these steps...
Have a datapath on the form that exports to pdf and whose scope i...
Wed, 8 Jun, 2016 at 9:46 AM
It is often necessary to import data from and export data to a SQL Server database. There are multiple times at which this import and export may be useful. ...
Fri, 3 Apr, 2015 at 4:29 PM