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Input Field

In Wyn Enterprise, the Input Field control is used to provide editable fields in an exported PDF. The Input Field control can be of two types: Text or CheckBox which can be chosen from the Type property of the Inspector Panel.


To add an Input Field control to a report, navigate to the Report Designer and follow the below instructions:

  1. Drag and drop the Input Field control onto the design area from the Designer Toolbar.

    Drag and drop Input Field control on design area

  2. Using the Inspector Panel on the right side of your screen, customize the appearance of the Input Field control. See the Inspector Panel Properties section for more information on the properties of the Input Field control.

    Inspector Panel properties of Input Field

Inspector Panel Properties

Common

Property

Description

Name

Add a unique name to the Input Field control. Special characters such as period (.), space ( ), forward slash (/), backslash (\), exclamation marks (!), and hyphens (-) are not supported. You can use an underscore (_) in the name of the control.

Input

Property

Description

Type

Select a type of form field from the dropdown. The following two options are available - Text and CheckBox. The Type specific properties are explained in the Input Type - Text and Input Type: CheckBox sections.

Field Name

Add a unique name to the field to be displayed in the resulting PDF.

Read-Only

To prevent users from changing the content in the resulting PDF, set this option to True. By default, this option is set to False.

Required

To force the users to fill in the selected input field, set this property to True. By default, this property is set to False.

Input Type - Text

Property

Description

Value

Enter a value or an expression to display as the value of the Input Field control.

Max Length

Set the maximum length of the text that can be entered in the Input Field. The text is not restricted to any specific length when this property is left empty.

Spell-Check

To spell-check the text in the Input Field, set this property to True. By default, this property is set to False.

Multiline

To allow the text to break into multiple lines in the exported PDF file, set this property to True. By default, this property is set to False.

Password

To display the user entered text as a series of asterisks, set this property to True. By default, this property is set to False.

Input Type - CheckBox

Property

Description

Checked

To display the checkbox as checked, set this property to True. By default, this property is set to False.

Check Style

Select the style of the check symbol inside the CheckBox from the dropdown. The following options are available in the dropdown: Check, Circle, Cross, Diamond, Square, and Star.

Check Size

Select the size of the check symbol from the dropdown.

Background

Property

Description

Color

Select the background color of the Input Field control.

Border

Property

Description

Width

Set the width of the borderline ranging from 1pt to 20pt.

Style

Select a style for the border from the following options: None, Dashed, Solid, and Inset.

Color

Select a color for the borderline.

Text

Property

Description

Color

Select a color for the text in the Input Field control.

Font Family

Select a font family for the text in the Input Field control. This option is available only when the Type property under the Input section is set to Text.

Font Size

Select the size of the font for the text in the Input Field control. This option is available only when the Type property under the Input section is set to Text.

Font Style

Select a font style for the text in the Input Field control. This option is available only when the Type property under the Input section is set to Text.

Font Weight

Select the thickness of the text in the Input Field control. This option is available only when the Type property under the Input section is set to Text.

Format

Select a numeric format from the dropdown to apply to the text in the Input Field control. This option is available only when the Type property under the Input section is set to Text.

Dimensions

Property

Description

Left

Set the left margin of the Input Field control.

Top

Set the top margin of the Input Field control.

Width

Set the width of the Input Field control.

Height

Set the height of the Input Field control.

Layout

Property

Description

Style

Select a color theme for the Input Field control from the dropdown.