About Form rules
About  New  Form  Structure  History  More...

This rule type is deprecated for new development. Beginning with V5.5, use harnesses, not form rules created with the FormBuilder tool, for rule forms.

For examples, the Property, Access Group, Operator ID, and Service Level forms are based on harnesses. GRP-261

C-508 Use a form rule to define an HTML and XML form used for data object or rule entry and validation.

The form rule type contains a rule for each concrete class derived from the Rule- base class or Data- base class that has an associated HTML form. The form, when extracted as a static file on the PRPC server, supports rule and data form operations.

• The Structure tab contains the XML text that defines the form. You can create or revise the XML text only with the Form Builder tool.
• The Form tab contains the resulting HTML text and buttons to upload or download the form file. Although PRPC allows you to edit this generated HTML text, use caution. Do not alter certain marked portions of the generated HTML code.

When you save this form rule, PRPC deletes any previous HTM file on the Web server corresponding to that name, directory, RuleSet, and version.

Where referenced

Form rules are referenced in Class rules for concrete Rule- and Data- classes. The first time a requestor asks for this form, PRPC extracts the file into an appropriate Web server directory on the server.

Access

Use the Records Explorer to list all form rules available to you.

Category

Form rules are instances of the Rule-File-Form class. They are part of the SysAdmin category.

Notes

Beginning with V5.5, some rule forms (and data object forms) are defined harnesses, as an alternative to form rules created with the FormBuilder tool. For example, the Property, Access Group, Operator ID, and Service Level forms are based on harnesses. This capability is reserved to Pegasystems. GRP-261

SysAdmin category
Help Home