Form field creation systems and methods

An apparatus comprising:

• a database system including a database object;
• and
• a computing device comprising a user interface presented on the computing device, the computing device being configured to:
• display, prior to run-time and via the user interface presented on the computing device, a first page for the database object;
• and
• in response to a request to create a form field for the database object:
• display within the first page, prior to run-time and via the user interface presented on the computing device, a plurality of field creation options for creating additional fields for the database object;
• wherein, prior to run-time, the database system is configured to create the form field for the database object in the database system based on a selection of one of the field creation options received from the user interface presented on the computing device;
• wherein, prior to run-time, the computing device is configured to receive and display a user interface element via the same user interface that received the selection used to create the form field;
• wherein the user interface element includes the form field for the database object to allow a user to visualize how the form field for the database object is to be displayed during-run time without requiring the user to change to a second user interface;
• and
• wherein, during run-time, the database system sends a second page to be displayed by the computing device via the user interface that received the request to create the form field, the second page including the form field for the database object created using the first page prior to run-time, and the form field of the second page accommodating addition of new data to the database system, wherein the second page displayed during run-time is different than the first page that was displayed via the user interface and received the selection to create the field prior to run-time.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for creating one or more form fields for a database object in a database system, which instructions, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:

• displaying, prior to run-time and via a user interface of a computing device, a first page for the database object;
• in response to a request to create a form field for the database object:
• displaying within the first page, prior to run-time and via the user interface presented on the computing device, a plurality of field creation options for creating additional form fields for the database object;
• initiating creation of the form field for the database object in the database system based on a selection of one of the field creation options from the user interface presented on the computing device;
• displaying, at the computing device prior to run-time, a user interface element via the same user interface that received the selection used to create the form field;
• wherein the user interface element includes the form field for the database object to allow a user to visualize how the form field for the database object is to be displayed during run-time without requiring the user to change to a second user interface;
• and
• displaying, at the computing device during run-time, a second page received from the database system via the user interface that received the request to create the form field, the second page including the form field for the database object created using the first page prior to run-time, and the form field of the second page accommodating addition of new data to the database system, wherein the second page displayed during run-time is different than the first page that was displayed via the user interface and received the selection to create the form field prior to run-time.