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Data presentation and editing panels
3.6.1 Toolbars in form captions
With respect to forms, we have seen that you can add Command set and Command objects to them. The method of viewing these objects varies depending on the manner in
which they are created, as specified in the following list.
1) If a command set is added to the form using the Add command set command of the
form object's context menu, it will become part of the main menu or toolbar of the
application, but it will be shown only when the form that contains it is opened. This
solution, however, is not the best, because it does not make it clear to the user that
the commands are specific functions of the form, being mixed with the other application commands.
2) If instead the command set is added through the forms editor commands shown in
the following image, then it is represented as a toolbar that appears in the caption
bar of the form or one of its frames.
This way, the commands are visually closer to the functions that they need to activate,
so for the user it is easier to understand their operation.
3.6.2 Indicators
Indicators are small panels consisting of an image and text, which can be used to
show the user individual messages such as, for example, happens in the various parts of
a desktop application's status bar. By inserting one or more indicators at the web application level, you can display a status bar at the top of the application.
Indicators can be clickable, in which case the indicator notifies the application of
the Activate event when this happens.
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