Adding a Control to a Form

Toolbox

In order to add a visual element (control) to a form, select the Toolbox from the View menu. This view shows the available controls. To add a control, select the most suitable control and drag this onto the form.

The toolbox contains all the control types that are supported with this version of the designer, in addition it shows all the templates controls that have been loaded from CTF files in the local installation. The template controls are based on a basic control type but also include extra functionality (templates) to ease the design process and reduce duplication of the same functionality across multiple instances of controls. The standard or default templates supplied with CommandCenter allow basic functions for Control Protocol (ACP), SNMP or routing devices to be targeted.

You can create your own templates to reduce duplication of common functionality, simplifying the design and aiding maintenance of the design. For more information on creating forms, refer to the Creating a New Form Using Form Designer topic.