The ListDataGrid control is very useful for presenting data coming from other/related lists. Apart from displaying the results, the control does not provide a value to be used from other controls or formula expressions. The control however raises the ValueChange event and can be used from python script during run-time. The ListDataGrid control, has a […]
The ListDataGrid control is useful to display data coming from other lists. Configuring the control only requires to define a list query. For example assume we have 2 custom lists : Customers and Orders. The requirement is display Customer Orders inside each Customer form. So we must define a query that will retrieve Orders using criteria from the existing customer […]
The LookupPicker can be used to display and select lookup data and is very similar to the simple ComboBox control but has some signifincant advantages : No Data Loading is performed during form initialization providing faster form loading Allows data filtering during run-time (including fields other than the Display field) Multiple columns can be displayed from […]
The ComboBox is a simple dropdown list control that can contain either static values (for example choice column data) or values retrieved from another list (lookup column data) If the control is bound to a choice column, then the Static Values property is automatically filled with the underlying values from the column. The property […]
The TextBox control is commonly used to display column data of single-line-of-text or multi-line (Plain Text) columns. If the TextBox control type is selected inside the control properties window, the “MultiLine” property is available allowing users to display multiple lines of text column data (the control automatically displays a vertical scrollbar and accepts the Enter […]
Common control properties for each form control are defined inside the designer pages like Color, Size, Alignment, etc. Most of the available controls, support special configuration settings that can be accessed through the “Extra Configuration Tab” in the control properties window. The designer provides easier control configuration through an easy user interface. Available configuration values in […]
In order to change control appearance, the Layout tab of the control properties window contains the basic settings available in PowerForms. Size, Color, Alignment, Font Size can be modified here : Size Normally, the width and height is set to zero which allows the system to automatically adjust a control’s size and occupy the maximum space available. […]
In order to design your form, a number of control types is available for you to select from. At the time PowerForms is registered for a List or Document Library, the system automatically tries to detect list column types and selects the appropriate control for each column. For example for single line of text columns […]
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 Demo Site We will save our site as a site template and use that […]
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 subsequently, the entire form. Hovering over a control causes four buttons to appear on […]