Creating a mobile form

Next to showing data, the other most important feature of a database application, is inserting and editing data.

This recipe will show an example of a form that is optimized for use in a smartphone application.

Getting ready

Before starting this recipe, you should have a jQuery Smartphone Application. The one we created in the previous recipe Creating a list view report is very suitable.

Also the EMP table should be available.

How to do it...

Creating a mobile form is very similar to creating a form on a desktop application, so the first steps might look familiar, out of the rest of the following steps:

1. Navigate to Application Builder and open the application that we are going to put the form in.

2. Click on Create Page.

3. Select Form and click on Next.

4. Select Form on a Table or View and click on Next.

5. In Table / View Name select EMP and click on Next.

6. Make the Page Number field to 2 and enter Edit Employee as Page Name and Region Title.

7. Click on Next.

8. Select Select Primary Key Column...