Form Objects Overview

The Layout Frame holds all Objects in a form and cannot be placed by the developer. 
This makes the Layout Frame unique to other objects.

Clicking empty space anywhere in the Layout Frame will reveal its properties in the
Object Inspector.

Label 

This is a simple object that displays text on a form. 

Edit box 

This is an object displayed on a form that allows the user to insert text. 

Memo 

This is an object on a form that allows the user to insert multiple lines of text. 

Button group 

This is an object that can have one or multiple buttons, which can be pressed by the user to
interact with the form.

Panel 

This is an object that can serve as a container (a parent object) for other objects on the form.

The panel is displayed to the user as a specific part of a form with its own layout controls and properties. 

Dynamic Form 

This is a special object that supports screen functionality according to the control set for 
terminal screens on the mainframe.

Additional code is required in order to fill and/or read out the dynamic form at runtime.
Through this code, the exact filling of the dynamic form as well as the reading of the user 
actions in the dynamic form are controlled.
The dynamic form presentation can be changed and read out dynamically while it is 
presented to the user.

Note: This object is only intended for use with COBOL migrations. It should not be used for
any other purposes.
More information about the dynamic form object can be requested from Avanade's Customer Support by
creating a ticket in the Avanade Service Portal.