Why do I need to designate a layout?

[Jason Barker]

Excuse my ignorance but... Why do I need to designate a layout if I have a custom web form? What is the purpose of the layout tag?

Thanks,

Jason

[Garry Claridge]

A "-lay" is not absolutly necessary. Here is the explanation from the "CDML Reference" database:

What it does

Specifies the name of the layout that is used to control which fields are available and how they are displayed.

The layout is used to: bind value lists to fields, control which fields are available to be displayed, allow access to related data, set the number of repetitions displayed in a repeating field, and control which fields are listed by the [FMP-LayoutFields] tag.

All the best.

Garry

[Jason Barker]

Thanks!

[Jeff Spall]

Hi, just a mention of something I had to find out the hard way, 'cos there's no documentation!

in a url string or an inline, leaving out the -lay call will work until you start calling related fields, popup menus or portals, then it's essential.

regards, jeff

[Anatoli]

I guess it is in the:

What it does

Specifies the name of the layout that is used to control which fields are available and how they are displayed.

The layout is used to: bind value lists to fields, control which fields are available to be displayed, allow access to related data, set the number of repetitions displayed in a repeating field, and control which fields are listed by the [FMP-LayoutFields] tag.

[Unable]

Re: A "-lay" is not absolutly necessary.

1. when there is only one layout, there is no need to designate a -lay.

2. when there is more than one layout and layout 1 will serve the web, since layout 1 is the default.

[Vaughan]

The process is much faster when a -lay is specified too. FMP Web Companion has less work to do.

[Anatoli]

RE: 2. when there is more than one layout and layout 1 will serve the web, since layout 1 is the default.

IMHO -- there is always internal RAW layout 0.

[Unable]