You add and configure a Timeline control when your application users need the ability to view and interact with events along a horizontal timeline.

1. Adding a Timeline control.

2. Selecting the data source for a Timeline control.

3. Specifying the date range for a Timeline control.

4. Specifying presentation options for a Timeline control.

5. Specify actions for a control.

• Adding a Timeline control

  You add a Timeline control to a layout so that application users can view and interact with events along a horizontal timeline.

• Selecting the data source for a Timeline control

  To identify the events to display on the timeline, you specify the data source — property or data page — for the events. At run time, the list is automatically refreshed with new items whenever the property or data page value changes.

• Specifying the date range for a Timeline control

  To identify the date range of the events to display in a Timeline control, complete the following steps.

• Specifying presentation options for a Timeline control

  After you specify the data source and event dates, configure how the Timeline control is visually displayed. You can specify the height of the control and a stylesheet for the control.

• Timeline controls

  In constructing a user form, you can add a Timeline control so that application users can view events along a horizontal timeline. The timeline can have a start date and an optional end date that restrict the events that are displayed.