User form

A user form is an HTML form, defined by a harness, that supports application users as they enter, review, update, and resolve cases.

Developers define user forms through harnesses (Rule-HTML-Harness rule type) and sections (Rule-HTML-Section rule type).

At runtime, PRPC converts these rules into sophisticated HTML forms for users to enter, update, review, navigate through, and perform assignments.

These sophisticated forms support the initial creation, update, and review of simple cases and subcases.

Most standard harness forms incorporate one of these words in the Purpose key part:

• New — Support initial entry (creation) of the object.
• Perform — Support users completion of assignments (example shown here).
• Review — Display a case's assignments and its subcase assignments in display-only mode, with no fields changeable.
• Confirm — Accept a text note explaining a user's reasoning about a recently completed assignment.02-02
• Reopen — Support reopening a previously resolved work item.

The SmartFrames feature allows developers to evolve the appearance of harnesses using Windows drag-and-drop operations and other direct manipulations.

Business processing management applications that use flows and work items, but do not use harnesses for user interaction, are informally known as headless applications.
Some materials use the term work item form rather than user form.

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	About Harnesses About Sections About HTML rules User interface — Concepts and terms Working with user forms (V6) Using the UI Kit ruleset

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