Activate Web Form Controls

activate provides a variety of predefined controls that can be used to build web forms displayed on the activate web portal these controls enable dynamic form creation for various purposes, including user interaction, data collection, and service provisioning control usage activate controls are primarily designed for web portal forms displayed directly in the activate portal display only html rendering , useful for scenarios like embedding form output in emails plain text rendering , which may be necessary when integrating with systems like service desks that support text only tickets note some controls have limitations based on the rendering format (html or text) unsupported controls should not be used where the output must be plain text or a specific rendering mode is required services web forms when designing web forms for services , it is generally expected that the form supports html display only rendering however, a plain text format may also be needed when generating a service desk ticket , where the target system only accepts plain text input difference rendering certain controls support difference rendering , which highlights or renders only the changes (differences) when updating services modifying existing records controls that support this feature are identified in the summary below control summary control html display only text supports difference notes activatewebgrid yes yes no break yes yes checkbox yes yes yes checkboxlist yes yes yes comparevalidator no no no customvalidator yes yes no renders nothing datepicker yes yes yes dropdownlist yes yes yes expressionvalidator yes yes renders nothing fileupload yes yes no formbutton no no formpanel no no gridpanel yes yes helppanel yes yes renders nothing htmleditor yes no no cannot be rendered in text mode image yes yes renders nothing in text mode imageupload no no locallabel yes yes label control is not supported listbox yes yes yes listpanel yes yes yes literal yes yes optionalpanel yes yes yes organisationchart no no panel yes no radiobutton yes yes yes radiobuttonlist yes yes yes rangevalidator no no regularexpressionvalidator no no requiredvalidator no no sectionheader yes yes selectasset yes yes yes selectcomputer yes yes yes selectcontact yes yes yes selectdlfolder yes yes yes selectfolder yes yes yes selectgroup yes yes yes selectprinter yes yes yes selectprovisioningobject yes yes yes selectresource yes yes yes selectrole yes yes yes selectservice yes yes yes selecttask yes yes yes selectuser yes yes yes selectmultipleprovisioningobjects yes yes no tabcontrol yes (v6 1+) yes displays contents of each tab under a heading termsacceptor yes yes no textbox yes yes yes userorganisationchart no no validatedphonenumber yes yes yes validatedtextbox yes yes yes validationsummary no no troubleshooting if a form includes an unsupported control , rendering the form in an incompatible mode (e g text or difference view) may result in the following error error "unfortunately, the details cannot be shown in this mode please view the details on the activate web portal " additionally an exception will be logged in the application event log with detailed information removing or replacing the unsupported control or script should resolve the issue activate provides a variety of predefined controls that can be used to build web forms displayed on the activate web portal these controls enable dynamic form creation for various purposes, including user interaction, data collection, and service provisioning control usage activate controls are primarily designed for web portal forms displayed directly in the activate portal display only html rendering , useful for scenarios like embedding form output in emails plain text rendering , which may be necessary when integrating with systems like service desks that support text only tickets note some controls have limitations based on the rendering format (html or text) unsupported controls should not be used where the output must be plain text or a specific rendering mode is required services web forms when designing web forms for services , it is generally expected that the form supports html display only rendering however, a plain text format may also be needed when generating a service desk ticket , where the target system only accepts plain text input difference rendering certain controls support difference rendering , which highlights or renders only the changes (differences) when updating services modifying existing records controls that support this feature are identified in the summary below control summary control html display only text supports difference notes activatewebgrid yes yes no break yes yes checkbox yes yes yes checkboxlist yes yes yes comparevalidator no no no customvalidator yes yes no renders nothing datepicker yes yes yes dropdownlist yes yes yes expressionvalidator yes yes renders nothing fileupload yes yes no formbutton no no formpanel no no gridpanel yes yes helppanel yes yes renders nothing htmleditor yes no no cannot be rendered in text mode image yes yes renders nothing in text mode imageupload no no locallabel yes yes label control is not supported listbox yes yes yes listpanel yes yes yes literal yes yes optionalpanel yes yes yes organisationchart no no panel yes no radiobutton yes yes yes radiobuttonlist yes yes yes rangevalidator no no regularexpressionvalidator no no requiredvalidator no no sectionheader yes yes selectasset yes yes yes selectcomputer yes yes yes selectcontact yes yes yes selectdlfolder yes yes yes selectfolder yes yes yes selectgroup yes yes yes selectprinter yes yes yes selectprovisioningobject yes yes yes selectresource yes yes yes selectrole yes yes yes selectservice yes yes yes selecttask yes yes yes selectuser yes yes yes selectmultipleprovisioningobjects yes yes no tabcontrol yes (v6 1+) yes displays contents of each tab under a heading termsacceptor yes yes no textbox yes yes yes userorganisationchart no no validatedphonenumber yes yes yes validatedtextbox yes yes yes validationsummary no no troubleshooting if a form includes an unsupported control , rendering the form in an incompatible mode (e g text or difference view) may result in the following error error "unfortunately, the details cannot be shown in this mode please view the details on the activate web portal " additionally an exception will be logged in the application event log with detailed information removing or replacing the unsupported control or script should resolve the issue