Custom Field Type: Special - Web Page View
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Field Display
Field View
Document Window – all Options enabled
General Description
A Web Page View field is used to create a “document” based on underlying entity data. The field type has a wide variety of document management options associated including the conversion to PDF or XML.
Field Options
- Allow Empty: N/A
- Default Text: N/A
- Options: HTML Template
- Track Changes: N/A
- Store To Value: N/A
Special Options for Field
- Show Menu – check box that defines if a menu should be shown in the document window.
- HTML Template – the body of the document combined with variables from the underlying entity.
General Options
- Allow Printing – enables the user to print the resultant document.
- Allow Editing – enables the userto edit the document with the HTML Editor
- Allow New Window – displays the document in a new window so the browser’s print function can be used.
- Is XML – indicates that the document is to be prepared as an XML output.
PDF Options
- Enable Password Protection – enables the user to password protect the document (generally used when the document is going to be emailed).
- Send as Email – enables the user to send the PDF as an attachment to an email message.
- Save to Multiple File Field – enables the user to save the document as a PDF into any multiple file type fields in the related entity.
- Save to Local Disk – enables the user to save a local copy of the PDF document.
HTML Options
- Send as Email – enables the user to send the document as the body of an email message.
- Save to Multiple File Field – enables the user to save the document as a HTML document into any multiple file type fields in the related entity.
- Save to Local Disk – enables the user to save a local copy of the HTML document.
Field Validation
- Type: N/A
- JavaScript Validation: N/A
- Message: N/A
- HTML Tag: N/A
Field Formatting Options
- Height: N/A Measure: Default: content window set to 800 * 600 Pixels.
- Width: N/A Measure: Default: N/A
- Number Format: N/A
- Style: N/A
- Tool Tip: N/A
Notes
This field type has extensive additional options that can be reviewed in the SmartSimple wiki – www.smartsimple.org