Home → Using LincDoc 3.0 → eForm Administration → Field/section attributes
Notice there is a Fields/Sections tab where you get to specify the finer details of section and field objects in the eForm. Refer to the chapter on Field Attributes for the details of setting individual field configuration items.
The left hand pane of the Fields/Sections tab shows all of the eForm's sections and fields in a simple tree structure. The order of the items in this tree dictates what the end user sees when completing the eForm. Field sections may be collapsed or expanded by toggling the arrow icon that immediately precedes the section name.
Simply press the button. This will immediately add a new section to the tree, and it will be labelled NEW SECTION by default.
To delete a section grouping, right-click on the section name and select delete section. All of the sections fields will be moved to the OTHER section.
There is a special section that always exists in any eForm called OTHER. This a just a placeholder section to hold fields that have not yet been configured: whenever a new document is added into an eForm, all the fields go into OTHER. Notice that this section is never shown at run time: in order for an end user to interact with any field it must first be moved to some other section.
Notice that fields and sections in the tree can be dragged with the mouse to re-order the items. Multiple fields can be selected by holding down the control key and left clicking on each item. The selected fields can either be dragged into position or moved to a different section by pressing the move field(s) button and choosing the new section.
Use the button to force the system to rescan a modified (re-uploaded) source document. Any new fields that are detected will automatically go into the OTHER section. Any removed fields will disappear from the field/section tree.
Conditional text/paragraphs are only used in document packages, not eForms. Refer to the chapter on document package administration (link) for further details.
The button allows you to quickly apply preconfigured field information from the global fields library.
After a user has completed the data entry process, sometimes it is desirable to run one or more checks to ensure the data being submitted meets predefined requirements. This is where the button comes in to play. By pressing this button you are presented with a dialog in which you can configure one or more conditions to be checked at submit time. If one or more conditions fail, you can display a customized alert message showing instructions to the user on what they need to do to proceed.
Section attributes are available whenever a section is selected in the left hand pane.
| Item | Description |
| Section name: | The section identifier. The section name displays as the header during completion of the eForm. |
| Section long description: | Section introduction. The description displays immediately under the section name within the body of the section. HTML syntax may be used to format the description's appearance. |
| Condition to display: | The configured condition to display or not display the section. See Condition to Display for further details. |
| Calculated heading? | Calculated headings are dynamic based upon an evaluated condition or data entered by the end user in a previous section of the eForm. |
| Column widths: | Column widths control the width of the label and data input columns. |
| Break after this section in LincDoc Mobile? | This option splits the subsequent sections during data entry into another "page" or tab on a mobile device. |