You can add a control of type Text box to a form.

Standard procedure

1.	Click Mobility design.
2.	Click the Forms tab.
3.	In the list, find and select the desired record.
4.	Click Edit.
5.	If you add a control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.
	On the preview, select the desired control.
	Note: If the control list is shown instead of the preview, in the list, find and select the desired control.
6.	On the Properties tab, click Add.
7.	Click Text box.
8.	Sub-task: Define control properties.
8.1	In the Control field, type the text box control name.
	Note: Only use letters and numbers, no spaces.
8.2	In the Label field, enter or select a value.
8.3	In the Text field, you can enter a free text as display name. If you use a Text, do not define a Label and make sure Get caption from extended data type is set to No.
	In the Text field, type a value.
8.4	By default, the text box is shown on the form.
	If you want to hide the text box on the form, select No in the Visible field.
8.5	If you want the control value to be cleared when the form is loaded, select Yes in the Clear on load field.
8.6	If you want the control value to be cleared when the form is reactivated, select Yes in the Clear on reactivate field.
8.7	By default, the text box can be used on the form.
	If the text box must be unavailable on the form, select Yes in the Read-only field. As a result, the text box appears dimmed.
8.8	You can define if the text box must be filled on validation. The actual validation can be done if a button of the form is clicked. Therefore, if the validation must be actually done, also select Yes in the Validate textbox field for the related button.
	If the text box must be filled on validation, select Yes in the Required field.
8.9	By default, the next control is positioned on the same line.
	If the next control must be positioned on a new line, select Yes in the Append new line field.
8.10	On a text box, you can use a variable as defined for the application or for the form. By default, this field is empty. So, in the Linked variable name field, you can link an application variable to the text box.
	To link a form variable, in the Linked variable form field, enter or select the current form.
8.11	You can link an application variable or a form variable to the text box.
	In the Linked variable name field, enter or select a value.
	Note: Make sure, the extended data type of the variable has the same type as the control. In this case, it must be a text box.
8.12	If a variable is defined, the label of the related extended data type can be used as display name for the check box. By default, the label of the extended data type is not used. If you use the label of the extended data type as display name, do not define a Label or Text.
	If you want to use the label of the extended data type, select Yes in the Get caption from extended data type field.
8.13	In the Text mode field, select an option.
8.14	You can use the Preview field to enter an example value. This value is only used to be shown in the text box on the preview.
	In the Preview value field, type the example values.
9.	In the Documentation section, write the text box control documentation. For example, describe the purpose and characteristics of the text box control.
10.	To show the added control on the preview, on the Design tab, click Refresh.

Notes

• In general, if you add a form control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.
  
• Where the control is exactly positioned on the preview, also depends on:
  
• The Append new line property of the previous control and of the added control.
  
• The preview style sheet.
• You can use the Up and Down buttons on the Properties tab to move a form control to another position on the form.