Interactive properties

There are two sets of interactive object properties

•	Interactive layout object properties have its own category in the standard Properties panel. See

•	The interactive data node properties have their own property grid attached next to the data template panel. Depending on the type of item that is selected, a different set of properties are displayed:

Common interactive object properties

Input name	The name that is submitted
Label	A string to be associated with an interactive field. Typically you can group this string used as a substitution together with an interactive field.
Tooltip	An optional tooltip text for the interactive field

Specific plain item properties

Value

For plain items, the value of the interactive field. This can be blank or pre-filled during runtime.

Specific group item properties

Choices	Specify the choices the end user will choose from. Click the browse button to the right of the field to edit the choices. See Choices dialog.
Multiselection	Optionally, specify to allow selecting multiple values. Can be used for a list box or a group of check boxes.

Interactive form properties

Action	A URI reference of the server that will receive the form when submitted.
Method	GET or POST
Encoding	The encoding to be used when form is submitted. • For HTML, select one of the following: text/plain application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data • For PDF, select one of the following: application/pdf application/vnd.adobe.xfdf application/vnd.fdf
Target	A frame name that receives the server response
Accept charset	Character encodings to be used when submitting the form.