What is a wizard form and why is it important?
Forms are how the user interacts with the LOB application. Without forms, the user will not be able to create, delete, and update table values.
A wizard form is a maintenance form divided into steps to make a system process sequential, and therefore easier to complete correctly. When a user finishes the wizard, the application uses the information to create a new record, the same as if the user created a record with a New button and filled in all the information on the maintenance form.
If the data to enter to create a valid record would be overwhelming or easy to overlook, you can turn that process into a wizard form instead.
What do I need to know to begin learning about wizard forms?
You should already be familiar with the following:
- How to use S3
- Creating and editing entities in S3
- Application architecture, specifically the application server: metadata cache, database cache, and business tier
- Database standards
- Basic C# language
- Lookup form processes
- Maintenance form processes
What do I need to know to start working with wizard forms?
You need to understand the following:
What can I do with a wizard form?
You can perform the following wizard form tasks:
What do all these words mean?
What do all these fields and buttons do?
What do specific form buttons do?
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