Anywhere Mobility Studio Documentation

Control properties

Property	Description
Process Code	Identifier of the process (hidden)
Activity Code	Identifier of the activity (hidden)
Type	The type of the control: Group (groups controls together), Control (displays information), Button (for navigation, see Buttons)
Label	Caption of the control on the mobile client. The framework supports Unicode characters in most controls. see Examples for demonstrations using Unicode emojis as button captions.
New Line	Explicit new line after the control
SubType	The specific type of the control: Label, Textbox, LiteralHTML, FileUpload, Image, Signature, CheckBox, Dropdown
Source Type	Source of the value to display: <none>, Parameter, Field, Process
Source Code	Field from the activity's table, activity, or process to display. Also the parameter where user input is stored.
Style	Apply inline styling for the controls displayed in the portal. The style wizard helps set up the most common styling options.
Visible	Control the visibility of controls dynamically. Use the value from the source fields (table field or parameter) and a function whose return value is boolean.
Activates Next Record	Triggers NAV Anywhere to identify a record in the database after the user inputs data in the client, using the user input, filters, key settings, and flow table relations.
Expression	Initial value for editable textboxes with Source Type=Parameter. Also displays values for non-editable controls like Textbox, Label, and LiteralHTML.
Editable	Marks whether the user can interact with the control. Not applicable to all variations.
Mandatory	Checks whether the parameter has a value. Only in combination with editable textboxes.
Table Name	The table bound to the activity.
Field Name	The field displayed on the mobile client.
Line No.	Makes the control unique.

Activates Next Record

When Activates Next Record is set to true, NAV Anywhere tries to identify a record in the database when the control is validated, either at the start of the activity, when the expression of a non-editable parameter evaluates, or when the user submits the form after inserting data. Set this field to true when information from the record is needed in the next activity. Set it to false when the user input does not retrieve a record.

Mandatory

To prevent a user from skipping a required input field, mark an editable control as mandatory. The parameter linked to the control is always checked when the user submits the form. When no value is entered, an error returns to the user.

Expression

Use expressions on a control to display results of custom functions, show several fields on one line, and set initial values in a textbox. A good example of an initial value is the current field value of the activity record.