Controls

Morfik offers a comprehensive set of controls for the creation of sophisticated web applications. Following is a list of the controls found in Morfik:

	Control	Description
	Button	The Button control is used in places where the user is clearly supposed to make a choice between actions or as an indicator that by clicking on that control an action (other than simple navigation) will be triggered.
	TextEdit	The TextEdit control is used every time the user must input information which is not chosen from a predetermined list. This control can be used for entering both short and long texts as well as for entering passwords without displaying them on screen.
	TextLabel	The TextLabel control is used to display all the text that composes a page in a Morfik application/website. This control can automatically, and intelligently, resize itself depending on the text it needs to display. This characteristic allows the creation of complex and sophisticated views with very little effort.
	Checkbox	The CheckBox control is frequently used when the user must input information which can only be one of two options: Yes/No.
	ListBox	The ListBox control may be used when the user must input information which is chosen from a predetermined list.
	Option (Radiobutton)	The OptionButton control may be used when the user must choose between a set of fixed, mutually exclusive options.
	ComboBox	The ComboBox control is frequently used when the user must input information which is chosen from a predetermined list.
	Subform	The SubForm control allows the insertion of Forms within other Forms. This allows the creation of complex and sophisticated views through the creation of smaller and simpler parts which are then combined. As well as a blank Subform (one with no designated form), there are also thumbnails of the forms that already exist in the project which means you could place a subform with a designated form.
	Container	The Container control is used mainly for aggregating other visual controls.
	ContainerSet	The ContainerSet control is used to aggregate multiple containers in a single control which can include transitions between the included containers (pages).
	DropDown	The Drop-down control can be used as the building block for creating advanced controls such as Menus, Accordion and Tab controls, to name a few.
	MenuBar	The Menu Bar control can be used to create a multi-level menu system. Not only can the control create a Menu Bar, but it can also implement drop down menus and host just about any other control in these menus.
	TabControl	The TabControl is used to create regions within a Form/Page whose content can be alternated by the selection of a named tab. A TabControl is a container for a set of TabSheet controls, each of which works as containers for controls which will appear as determined by the currently active page.
	PopupWindow	The PopupWindow control is used to customize the appearance of popup windows in your application.
	Image	The Image control is used in places a graphic element should be inserted into the application's interface. These images, usually, are simply for visual effect, such as displaying logos or pictures or used to indicate a clickable area. In this later case the Image control functions much like the Button control while on the first one it more closely resembles the simple functionality of a TextLabel control.
	Flash	The Flash control allows you to display Macromedia Flash files in a Form. It can either show a unbound (static) flash file or it can be databound to a table which contains a datafield that is a Multimedia data type.
	DateTimeEdit	The DateTimeEdit control is used in places where the user needs to enter a date and/or time value.
	Calendar	The Calendar control provides a new way of displaying and selecting dates.
	Rectangle	The Rectangle control is used mainly for decorative purposes, in order to create a visual effect.
	Timer	The Timer control is used to trigger an event at regular intervals.
	FlashUploader	The FlashUploader control is used, as its name suggests, to upload one or more files to the server.
	Repeater	The Repeater control functions in a manner similar to that of a form, having its own data source it allows the user to display a list of records.

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