This functionality is only available for certain module packages.

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Form-UI editor

To render the Form-UI elements you can decide between SWT and SWING. The choice of renderer is made in the context menu before choosing the Form-UI. A default renderer can be specified in user preferences.

The use of the renderer can also be set via the arguments for the virtual machine in EEC’s initialization file (see also Java Virtual Machine Arguments (VMArgs)). If a standard renderer is specified, the choice of renderer is omitted; if no standard renderer is specified, SWT is always used. If the value all is specified in the initialization file, the renderer selection will be triggered first, before the Form-UI selection (see the following illustration).

If the choice of which Form-UI to display for a project component is made via the context menu (1), it is possible to choose first the renderer (2) and then the Form-UI (3) of the project component.

The Form-UI (e.g. "Table") is then opened with the new Form-UI editor:

The Form-UI editor has no side menu, making the whole monitor surface usable for displaying the Form-UI. Form-UIs called by navigation elements are opened in the same editor.

Note:

If the focus is on the Form-UI editor the data of the displayed Form-UI will be updated by using the [F5] key.