Form Properties

form level properties let you configure crf settings for a specific form and its child assets (sections and questions) you can also update placement settings for annotations (height, width and offsets) footer style specifies the footer style for an individual form if left blank, this property defaults to 'standard1' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default footer style’ property header style specifies the header style for an individual form if left blank, this property defaults to 'standard1' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default header style’ property paper size specifies the default paper size for an individual form ‘letter’ generates a 279mm by 216mm page ‘a4’ generates a 297mm by 210mm page if left blank, this property defaults to 'letter' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default paper size’ property margin top specifies the size of the default top margin for an individual form measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ note the top margin becomes the right margin when the ‘form orientation’ property is set to 'landscape' if left blank, this property defaults to '0 8in' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default margin top’ property margin bottom specifies the size of the default bottom margin for an individual form measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ note the bottom margin becomes the left margin when the ‘form orientation’ property is set to 'landscape' if left blank, this property defaults to '0 8in' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default margin bottom’ property margin right specifies the size of the default right margin for an individual form measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ note the right margin becomes the bottom margin when the ‘form orientation’ property is set to 'landscape' if left blank, this property defaults to '0 5in' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default margin right’ property margin left specifies the size of the default left margin for an individual form measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ note the left margin becomes the top margin when the ‘form orientation’ property is set to 'landscape' if left blank, this property defaults to '1 0in' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default margin left’ property instructions lets you enter instructions to be displayed on the form instructions page for an individual form font family specifies the default font family for an individual form if left blank, this property defaults to 'sans serif' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default font family’ property this property can be also overridden for individual sections and items within the form using the appropriate properties font size specifies the default font size for an individual form measurement units are point (‘pt’), pixels (‘px’) or ‘em’ for example, ‘20px’ if left blank, this property defaults to '11pt' unless otherwise specified in the ‘default font size’ property this property can be also overridden for individual sections and items using the appropriate properties title lets you edit the title of the form this property defaults to the form ‘name’ field show title lets you show or hide the form title ‘true’ displays the form title ‘false’ hides the form title and the form number if left blank, this property defaults to 'true' notes top lets you enter text that appears as notes at the top of the form (below the form title row) notes bottom lets you enter text that appears as notes at the bottom of the form orientation sets the page orientation to ‘landscape’ or ‘portrait’ if left blank, this property defaults to 'portrait’ unless the form contains at least one repeating section with five or more questions, when it defaults to 'landscape' table visible lets you show or hide table borders for an individual form ‘true’ (default) shows the borders of table rows and columns and formats the form title, the top and bottom rows of notes in grey 'false', hides the borders of the table rows and makes the form title, the top and bottom rows of notes transparent if left blank, this property defaults to ‘true’ unless otherwise specified in the ‘default table visible’ property form numbering lets you format the form number on the table of contents, on the study event cover page and on an individual form ‘none’ (default) hides the form number 'studyevent form' displays the study event and form numbers 'form' displays the form number only note if the visualization is run for an individual form, the form number is set to '1' if the visualization is run at visit level or metadata version level, the form is numbered according to its position in the visit if the ‘show title’ property for a form is set to ‘false’, the form number will not be shown if left blank, this property defaults to 'none', unless otherwise specified in the ‘default form numbering’ property item group numbering lets you format the section number on the table of contents, on the study event cover page and on an individual form ‘none’ hides the section number 'studyevent form itemgroup' displays the visit, form and section numbers 'form' displays the form number only 'form itemgroup displays the form and section numbers (for example, ‘1 4’) 'itemgroup' displays the section number note if the ‘show title’ property is set to 'false', the section numbering is not shown, unless the section is a repeating section and the ‘layout’ property is set to 'tabular (horizontal)' if left blank, this property defaults to ‘none’ unless otherwise specified in the ‘default item group numbering’ property item numbering lets you format the question number on an individual form 'none' hides the question number ‘studyevent form itemgroup item' displays the visit, form, section and questions numbers (for example, ‘2 1 4 2’) 'form itemgroup item' displays the form, section and question numbers (for example, ‘1 4 2’) 'itemgroup item' displays the section and question numbers are shown (for example, ‘4 2’) 'item' displays only the question number note if the ‘layout’ property is set to 'tabular (horizontal)', the question number is never shown if left blank, this property defaults to 'itemgroup item' unless otherwise specified by the ‘default item numbering’ property form instructions page style specifies the default form instructions page style for an individual form if left blank, this property defaults to 'standard 1' unless otherwise specified by the ‘default form instructions page style’ property header position specifies the default position of form header and footer for an individual form ‘top’ displays the header at the top of the form ‘right’ displays the header at the right hand side of the form if left blank, this property defaults to ‘top’ if the ‘form orientation’ property is set to 'portrait' and defaults to ‘right’ when the ‘form orientation’ property is set to 'landscape' title alignment lets you set the default title alignment for an individual form and its associated sections if left blank, this property defaults to ‘left’ unless otherwise specified by the ‘default title alignment’ property this property can be overridden for individual sections using the ‘title alignment’ property at section level annotation width specifies the width of the form annotations measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ if left blank, this property defaults to the value specified in the ‘defaultwidth’ property at asset group level annotation height specifies the height of the form annotations measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ if left blank, this property defaults to the value specified in the ‘default height ‘property at asset group level annotation horizontal offset specifies the horizontal offset of the form annotations measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ if left blank, this property defaults to the value specified in the ‘default horizontal offset ‘property at asset group level annotation vertical offset specifies the vertical offset of the form annotations measurement units are inches (‘in’) or centimeters (‘cm’) for example, ‘1cm’ if left blank, this property defaults to the value specified in the ‘default vertical offset ‘property at asset group level