Add a control/template in a window at runtime

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We would like to create a window where the user at run can decide which controls/template are displayed.
We want to mimic the android home screen where you can select the widget to add.
Is there a way to add and parametrize controls/templates via script?
If not, is there another way to reach this same functionality?

Thanks in advance,
Dario

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You can achieve similar functionality by toggling the visibility of components. There isn’t a way to dynamically add components in the runtime client.

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i heard about a new feature to get this functionality in the latest version.
is it correct?

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I’ve seen this done with what we have available today. The idea is to model the different controls you want as templates, and then make a screen that is a grid of template instances. Then use whatever mechanism you want to allow the user to control which template is loaded in which spot. Pretty straight-forward, and it’s a graceful way of making the screen dynamic at runtime.

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seen done… where? :slight_smile:

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I was thinking of a presentation that one of our customers did at our Community Conference last year. I’ll have to see if I can send you the materials or not.