4. Adding fields to apps

In this chapter we add some fields to the app:

Add these fields to your app. To recap on the steps in the video:

Open stream configuration for Contacts
Add fields (for both you can leave all settings as default, in particular, type = String and length = 50):
- ContactType
- Name
Drag the new stream attributes onto the header of the grid view
Drag the new stream attributes onto the edit form
Re-arrange the fields on the edit forms to make ContactType and Name the first and second fields - don't forget, after selecting the first field, you can select additional fields to move in one go by using Shift-[left mouse click]
Update the tab order of fields on the edit form:
- Click into the field of ContactType - make sure you select the field (the grey box) rather than the surrounding area
- Set the Order of the field to 1
- Similarly, set the order of the following fields 2, 3, ...
Go into App Mode
Click on the first field in the edit form, then try tabbing through the form - this should follow the tab order you have set in your configuration
- If this doesn't work, go back into Design Mode and make sure that you have set the order on the field objects (the grey boxes) rather than the outer areas of the fields
Enter some new contacts

In this case, adding new fields to the app was straightforward. We are relying on a setting in the actions called Copy by Name. This is on by default for standard actions, but we will look at this in more detail when we come to add custom actions for Update and Insert actions.

Next chapter: 5. Drop down fields