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The table below show parameters for customizing Edit and Insert forms.

State of the webpage	Page Part	Default template	Parameters
Edit form	editors area	forms/form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::FormEdit
	separate page form	forms/page_form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::Edit
	modal dialog	forms/modal_form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::ModalEdit
	inline form	forms/inline_form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::InlineEdit
Insert form	editors area	forms/form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::FormInsert
	separate page form	forms/page_form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::Insert
	modal dialog	forms/modal_form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::ModalInsert
	inline form	forms/inline_form.tpl	PagePart::VerticalGrid PageMode::InlineInsert

You can customize the whole form or only the area containing the controls. The picture below shows the difference between these concepts.

Examples

Examples for all page modes (Separate Page, Modal Dialog, and Inline Form) can be found in the Feature Demo application. Additionally the demo contains an example of a wizard form. Each example contains links that allow you to view the complete code of overwritten templates as well as the code of the event handler. You can also download the demo project file for a deeper investigation.

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Aug 23, 2022

PHP Generator 22.8 released

New version introduces toggles, one- and two-dimensional barcodes, enhanced lookups sort order, changing page data sources, PHP 8.1 support, editor hints, and other useful things.

Feb 12, 2021

PHP Generator 20.5.0.5 released

A new version comes with PHP 8.0 support, inline View forms, updated CheckBox Group editor, on-the-fly adding of new items to multi choice controls and other useful improvements.

Sep 10, 2020

PHP Generator 20.5.0.3 released

A new minor version features the possibility to customize headers and footers of 'Registration', 'Resend verification' and 'Password recovery' pages, revised OnAddEnvironmentVariables event, default values is Cascading Combobox editors and more.

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