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In the Guide Properties view, specify properties such as
the effects and transitions, the submit method, and any panel Help.
When you select a panel in the Guide Tree view, the Guide Properties
view displays several panel-level properties that you can specify:
Panel titleThe title of the panel.
Repeating labelSpecifies the label that
is used for a repeating panel layout.
LayoutSpecifies the layout to associate
with the panel. Use repeater layouts to display repeating data inside
a single panel. For example, to display the data for a data collection,
which typically has more than one instance, you can use a Repeater Tab,
Repeater Accordion, or Repeater Grid.
For information about
creating a custom panel layout, see Creating Panel Layouts.
Note: If
you customize a repeater panel layout, the panel name must start
with repeater. For example, the panel name can be RepeaterGrid_Custom.mxml,
but it cannot be Custom_RepeaterGrid.mxml.
To include a
document with a Guide, you must also set the corresponding Document-style
presentation or Interactive PDF properties for the Guide. (See (Deprecated) Include documents with a Guide and Guide properties.)
Several panel
layouts are available:
- Display Document
- Displays a read-only document of record when the Guide filler
navigates to the panel.
- Display PDF
- Displays an interactive PDF document when the Guide filler navigates
to the panel. Only Guides based on an XDP form can display an interactive
PDF document.
- Model Viewer:
- A panel layout that you can add to any Guide to inspect the
XML data object model and the data model. (See Debugging with the Model Viewer layout.)
- Multi Column:
- Has up to four columns. Controls flow from top to bottom
in each column and then from left to right to the next column.
- Nested Panels:
- Nests the selected panel under a radio button or a check
box when the Guide filler selects a button or check box. The panel
disappears when the button or check box is deselected. Displays
a panel based on the display rules of the original panel and automatically
hides the panels from the navigation panel.
- One Column:
- The default layout that is applied when you add a panel.
The controls flow from the top to the bottom of the column.
- Pie Chart - Horizontal:
- Organizes the Guide tree into four distinct areas:
Header: A two-column list of controls whose data is
not part of the pie chart.
Entry Pane: An optional one-column list of
controls whose data is included in the pie chart.
Chart Panel: Shows the data from the
controls that are added to the Guide tree.
Trailer: An additional control that occurs after charts
in the Guide tree.
- Repeater Accordion:
- Displays repeating information by using an accordion. One
accordion button is available for each repeating instance. Repeater
Accordions include Repeater First Column, Repeater Second Column,
and Trailer areas.
- Repeater Grid:
- Displays repeating information in a grid. Repeater Grids
do not support headers or footers. A grid has one column for each
item in the panel. The captions for the repeating fields are used
as column headings. Repeater Grids include Repeater First Column,
Repeater Second Column, and Trailer areas.
- Repeater Tab:
- Displays repeating fields by using tabs. One tab is available
for each repeating instance. Repeater Tabs include Repeater First
Column, Repeater Second Column, and Trailer areas.
- Three Columns:
- Has three columns. The controls flow from left to right and
are distributed equally among the three columns. The controls are
positioned in this order: first column, second column, third column,
first column, second column, third column, and so on.
- Two Columns:
- Has two columns. The controls flow from left to right and
are distributed equally between the two columns. The controls are
positioned in this order: first column, second column, first column,
second column, and so on.
- Variable Column:
- Allows you to create layouts that can vary the number of columns
of each row of items. On the editor, place items either to the right
of another item or below another item. If you place an item to the
right of another item, it is marked with “keep with previous” 'true'.
If you place the item below another item, it is marked with “keep
with previous” 'false'.
This layout supports alignment areas,
which appear in the Guide Tree view. Items in the same alignment
area align both horizontally (columns align) and vertically (rows
align). Each alignment area aligns independently. In the Guide Tree
view, when you drag an item into the last alignment area of the
layout, another alignment area is created. To prevent items from
aligning with the previous columns, create a different alignment
area. Creating an alignment area allows items to span the previous
rows. For example, an address field can span the length of the first
and last name fields in the previous row.
The Variable Column
layout also supports percentage widths. The percentage width setting
of the first item in each column of an alignment area controls the percentage
width of that column for that alignment area. One alignment area can
have a percentage column width of 25% and 25% for the first two
columns, followed by another alignment area with a column width
of 50%. Using these percentage widths allows items in the first
column of the second alignment area to span both columns of the
first alignment area. You can also use fixed widths to achieve the
spanning effect.
Advanced Layout Properties Displays the Advanced Properties
dialog box. The dialog box lists additional properties that are
available for the selected panel Layout, and includes properties
for custom layouts. Select the properties that you want to add to
the Guide Properties view for the current panel. The selected properties
appear in the Advanced Properties section below. Configure the properties
as required.
For information about the advanced properties,
see the ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe
Flash Platform.
Display panel full sizeDisplays the panel
in full size by hiding the navigation and Help panels.
Repeat based onSpecifies the collection
in the Data Model view that provides the repeating data.
Repeating labelSpecifies the label for
the repeating data.
Default caption width (in pixels)Specifies
the default caption width for all fields in the selected panel.
If the caption exceeds the specified width, the text wraps. By default,
captions do not wrap. If no value is specified, all field captions
do not wrap in the Guide. You can override the default caption width
when you edit the field properties.
Advanced propertiesDisplays the properties selected on the Advanced
Properties dialog box. Configure the properties as required.
For
information about the advanced properties, see the ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe
Flash Platform.
Note: Setting a rotation
value removes captions from the Guide. When a Rotation value is
set, the Guide filler cannot enter data in the control. When the
control type is a drop-down list or a list box, setting a Rotation
value also removes the list items from the Guide.
Display rulesSpecifies the following display rules for the panel:
- Displayed:
- Specifies whether the panel is displayed in the Guide. Selecting
this option displays the panel. When you bind an item in the Data
Model view, specify the condition that determines when the panel
appears in the Guide.
- Read-only:
- Specifies that Guide fillers cannot edit fields on the current
panel. When you bind an item in the Data Model view, specify the
condition that determines when the fields on a panel are read-only.
- Required:
- Specifies that Guide fillers are required to fill all fields
on the current panel. When you bind an item in the Data Model view,
specify the condition that determines when the panel items are required.
Panel HelpSpecifies the Help contents
that appear in the selected panel. You can format the text and add
links and videos to the contents.
Specifies the Help contents
that appear in the selected panel. You can format the text and add
links and videos to the contents.
- Select font
type
 :
- Displays the font name for the selected text.
- Select font size
 :
- Displays the font size for the selected text.
- Bold
 :
- Applies or removes bold formatting to selected text.
- Italic
 :
- Applies or removes italic formatting to selected text.
- Underline
 :
- Applies or removes underline formatting to selected text.
- Color
 :
- Applies a color to the selected text. You can select a color
from the color picker or type the hexadecimal value for the color.
- Left align
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- Aligns text to the left.
- Center align
 :
- Aligns text to the center.
- Right align
 :
- Aligns text to the right.
- Spread justify
 :
- Justifies the text.
- Bullets
 :
- Creates a bulleted list.
- Remove rich content settings while retaining the text
 :
- Removes rich text formatting but preserves the text. It also
removes any image that may have been associated with the field.
- Link to:
- Specifies the URL for a link. The URL can use an absolute
or a relative path. When the Guide filler clicks a link, the linked
content appears in a separate browser window.
- Show/Hide image settings
 :
- Shows or hides the following image settings:
- Image:
- Specifies the URL for an image file. You can specify a URL
to an image, or you can select an image file that is in your application.
To remove the URL for an image, click the Remove
 button.Position: Specifies the image position.
Width: Specifies the image width.
Horizontal pad: Specifies horizontal padding for the
image.
Height: Specifies the image height.
Vertical pad: Specifies vertical padding for the image.
Scaling: When selected, maintains the aspect ratio.
- Help video:
- Specifies the URL for a video file. Help videos must be in
FLV file format. Help videos work only with the Cobalt Standard
and Cobalt Tree Guide layouts. Select a video file that is in your
application. To remove the URL for a Help video, click the Remove button.
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