Migrate Customization : Example
In this article we will follow the required steps to migrate our customizations to another server/site.
We will use the example site which can be created by the Installation Wizard of PowerForms.
Our site if located in the url : http://wssdev1/PowerForms…
Setting Column Span / Row Span for Controls
A newly added feature in Power Forms Designer allows the user to easily modify a control's column / row span using the designer view. Using buttons placed on the control, the user can easily and effectively design the look of a control and…
Migrating Customizations
It has been a constant pain for SP/PowerForms designers trying to migrate the customizations made in their development environment to their production environment.
PowerForms store the customization in a pure XML format, inside the BPC…
Right to Left support
Since v.2.5, PowerForms support Right to Left control positioning for the produced form design as well as for the designer itself.
For example here is a form customization before changing RLT options:
Opening the designer and navigating…
Setup Required Fields
Required fields are automatically identified and marked in the form designer (IsRequired property). You can mark any field as required.
Inside the designer, in the "Options" tab, there are 2 options for required fields:
Required Field…
Automatically activating the designer
While customizing a SharePoint form, you may add an invalid script or perform some other customization that throws an error before the form completes loading, not showing the form toolbar and making it impossible to fix the issue.
Additionally,…
Setting multiple forms for the same List/ContentType based on conditions
Sometimes in Sharepoint we have to make different forms with different fields for the same list depending on some field values. This feature is easily implemented with the button Customizations. By default when a form is customized for the…
How to use the Designer
It is very simple to change the position of the controls on any form. Click on Design Form and the view of the forms will change.Now you can view all the forms controls, drag any of them and drop it in a new cell. When you drop the control…