SetCellColor is used to dynamically change the cell color of a control using scripting. To call the method: Code form.GetControl(“ControlName”).SetCellColor(“ColorCode“); where ControlName is the name of the control whose cell color you want to change and ColorCode is the HTML color’s code representation. For example, let’s assume we have a TextBox control called c_Country and a Button control, c_Control4 with an […]
A new method called ParentListName was added in the latest version of PowerForms HTML. This method can be called from a form used inside a ListAndForm control and will return the list name of the form containing the actual ListAndForm control. In order to call the new method, use: Code form.ParentListName(); The method is best used when […]
You can now programmatically Enable, Disable and Select a tab on the form. The generic syntax is: Code form.EnableTab(integer); form.DisableTab(integer); form.SelectTab(integer); where interger represents the tab’s ordering spot on the form, starting with 0 for the first tab. For example, to select and display the contents of the second tab on the form: Code form.SelectTab(1); […]
Each control exposes a “BusyChanged” event which is raised when the controls starts loading data (for example for comboboxes, radiobuttons, checkboxes) and when loading completes. The event provides a boolean parameter indicating if the loading starts or completes. Example : Code form.GetControl(“c_CascadingRadio”).BusyChanged.AddHandler(function(busy) { var c = form.GetControl(“c_LoadingIndicator”); if (busy) c.SetValue(“Loading…”); else c.SetValue(“Completed”); });
The “form” object available from script, exposes a specific event that is raised after the item attachments are loaded. The event is called “AttachmentsLoaded” and provide a list of the available item attachments. For each attachment, the “Filename” and “FullPath” properties provide access to file attributes. Example: For the following example, we will handle the […]
Sometimes we need to have a common function that must be called from several controls. For this purpose there is a new category in the scripts section called ‘Includes’. In this section you can write either javascripts that will be added in the form or change the default styles (CSS) with your desired style (See […]
Here is an example of calling a web service client-side from a Button control within a form. The first thing we have to do is to create the web service call in Web Services section. In our example we will demonstrate one of the default sharepoint web services Lists.asmx. We give the name ‘All Lists’, […]
There is a special section in the control properties dialog where users can write the client-side script that will be executed when the value for that control changes. All the available methods and properties of the “form” object or the individual control methods can be found here : Form properties and methods Control properties and […]
In common scenarios, there are linked lists that need to be included as hierarchical comboboxes in your forms. For example a typical Country/City scenario would include 2 lists. – Countries (ID, Title) – Cities (ID, Title, Country) where the Country field is a lookup for the Country List. In order to declare the comboboxes for […]
Available options: Choice Control (Single Selection) Declare a new ComboBox or LookupPicker control. Set the Target Field Name and in the Lookup Details tab, set the Lookup Static Values property adding all the required values concatenated by semicolon (;). For example for a rating field : Low;Medium;High During initial form customization, the form designer identifies […]