Configure the form fields for the Form Renderer element

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Configure the form fields in the Form Renderer element while you are building an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio.

    Before you begin

    Create an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio. For more information, see Create an attended automation form in RPA Desktop Design Studio.

    Ensure that your attended automation form contains a Form Renderer element. For more information, see Form designer for building attended automation forms.

    Role required: none

    About this task

    The Form Renderer element helps you to build forms quickly with the available controls.

    Procedure

    1. In the RPA Desktop Design Studio, from the Project Explorer pane, navigate to Forms and expand it.
    2. Right-click the Form Renderer element and select Configure to configure the form fields.
    3. In the CONFIGURE FORM FIELDS dialog box, click the add icon (Add icon.) to add a new Field tab.
    4. In the Fields section, expand a Field option and fill in the following details:
      Table 1. Field form
      Field Description
      Name Name of the field that appears as a label name on the form.
      Type Type of the field:
      • TextBox
      • ComboBox
      • CheckBox
      • RadioButton
      • ToggleButton
      • Date
      • Time
      • PasswordBox
      Required Option for enabling this field as a required field on the form.
      Read Only Option for enabling this field as a read-only field on the form.
      Field Help Help information for the field:
      • None
      • Text
      • Link
      Help Text Help text information for the field.

      This field appears only when Text is selected from the Field Help field.
      Help Link Help link URL for the field.

      This field appears only when Link is selected from the Field Help field.
    5. Click OK.
    6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to add a new field.
    7. Optional: To delete a field, do the following actions:
      1. Expand the field option that you want to delete and click the delete icon (Delete icon.).
      2. In the Confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
    8. In the Form Settings section, fill in the fields.
      Table 2. Form Settings form
      Field Description
      Name Title of the form.
      Field Help Help information for the form:
      • None
      • Text
      • Link
      Help Text Help text information for the form.

      This field appears only when Text is selected from the Field Help field.
      Help Link Help link URL for the form.

      This field appears only when Link is selected from the Field Help field.
      Show Popups Inside Option for enabling pop-up windows inside the form.
    9. Click OK.