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Using the format painter to copy control formatting

The format painter is a tool used to copy a control’s format to multiple controls. You can use it to easily create identical controls, without the need to build them from scratch every time. The field Title has a red background, which we want to copy to another control present on the form. We enter the Editor, […]

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

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PowerForms and Browser Compatibility

BPC PowerForms supports all major browsers (Internet Explorer 7 and above, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera), however, if you are using Internet Explorer, then the user experience is much more smooth and user-friendly in versions 8 and above. on your clients when interacting with PowerForms for much better experience. When IE8 or above loads in […]

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

Designer, Knowledge Base, PowerForms HTML

Using the format painter to copy control formatting

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

Getting Started, Knowledge Base, PowerForms HTML

PowerForms and Browser Compatibility

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

Using the format painter to copy control formatting

The format painter is a tool used to copy a control’s format to multiple controls. You can use it to easily create identical controls, without the need to build them from scratch every time.

The field Title has a red background, which we want to copy to another control present on the form.

We enter the Editor, select the c_Title field and press on the Format Painter icon.

The standard pointer changes to a black dot. We use the black dot to click on the controls we want to copy c_Title’s red background format. We select c_Control1 and click on Save.

As we can see, the Date has a red background.

PowerForms and Browser Compatibility

When IE8 or above loads in compatibility view, it behaves like IE7, sending the corresponding headers to the web server. Due to this fact, we strongly recommend that make sure that you disable IE compatibility view for your SharePoint site

By default, SharePoint 2010 master pages will be rendered in IE8 mode. However, Internet Explorer 8 and 9 have a default setting that forces compatibility view to all intranet sites, even if the site itself chooses another browser mode. If your clients have your SharePoint farm’s sites in Intranet zone, then you are recommended to uncheck the “Display Intranet Sites in Compatibility View” option in Tools (Alt+T) => Compatibility View Settings:

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