Introduction

Get Started

The easiest way to see how the CheckBoxes works are to use the existing built-in App Expenses Claims. Here are the steps:

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1. Start Joget Server and open the App Center.
   
   
2. Log in as admin and click on the pencil icon on the Expenses Claim to open the Design App. (see Figure 1)
   
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3. Click on Expense Claim New and you will be directed to the Form Builder.
   
   
4. Drag and drop a CheckBox element on to the canvas.
   
   
5. Hover the mouse over the CheckBox element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit CheckBox properties.
   
   
6. Fill up the 

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1. Edit CheckBox properties as follows and click on OK (see Figure 2):
   1. ID: type
   2. Label: Type

   3. Options Hardcoded: 

      Value	Label
      Local	Local
      International	International

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2. Click on Preview to see that it works.

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CheckBox Properties

Edit CheckBox

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Name	DescriptionScreen (Click to view)
ID	Element ID (By declaring as "type", a corresponding database table column "c_type" will be created)	Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs.
Label	Element Label to be displayed to end-user.
Options (Hardcoded)	Select Box options Info Options defined here will not be put into use if Options Binder is defined below.
Or Choose Options Binder	Options to be populated dynamically using Options Binder plugin.

Advanced Options

Data

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Name	DescriptionScreens (Click to view)
Default Value	Default Value when there's no existing value found/selected. A Hash Variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following Code Block #currentUser.firstName# #currentUser.lastName# to pre-populate the field with currently logged in user's name. You may define multiple default options by separating them using semicolons. Code Block title Sample option1;option2;option3
Validator	Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value. Info title When will validation takes place? Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

Dependency

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Field ID to control available options based on Grouping	Dynamically change the available options based on the "grouping" attribute defined in the options by matching the current value of the element ID defined. Image Removed

UIUI

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Name	Description
Readonly	Determines if the element is editable.
Display field as Label when readonly?	Displays the value of the element as plain text when element is set to "Readonly".

Workflow

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Workflow Variable	If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here. Info title Using a non-existent Workflow Variable name You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable. Code Block context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed