Calling a web service programmatically
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…
Handling the Value-Change event of controls
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…
Define Hierarchical Comboboxes
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)…
Declaring a Lookup/Combobox Control
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…
Localization in PowerForms
PowerForms can be localized through the Localization Section in the designer.
A list containing all the texts appearing inside forms either in controls, buttons or messages is displayed and the user can change the…
The {url} Keyword
The {url} is a brand new keyword which can be used in the designer to indicate the local web-site url, instead of having to write the whole SharePoint site/sub-site path.
Important Note:
The {url} keyword can be used to substitute the full…
Multiple Sorting in List Queries
A new addition to PowerForms HTML is the ability to sort by multiple columns in a List Query.
Clicking on the Sort with multiple columns presents a text-box which you can use to perform multiple sorting to your list…
Master-Detail using the DataEntryGrid control
The DataEntryGrid control gives you two options. The first option is to add structured data that would be saved inside a multi-lines-of-text control (using XML). So it is ideal for cases that no external list is required to store the related…
Master-Detail using the ListAndForm control
This is a step-by-step guide of building a mster-detail form using the ListAndForm control.
For this example. we will use 2 connected lists : Customers and Contacts.
Customers list columns
Title, Address
Contacts list columns
Title…
Complex List Query Examples
This article contains some more advanced examples on query building :
You can read some basic instructions on how to build list query criteria HERE :
For our examples, we will use a list of Cases having the following columns :
Title…