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Registering PowerForms/HTML for a list

Registering PowerForms HTML to work with a Sharepoint list is a very easy process. All that is required is to navigate to the preferred list and then click on one of the buttons located on the far right side of the List Ribbon Bar. Will replace the default New Item form with […]

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

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Helper Methods

PowerForms helper methods is a collection of methods used to help with the creation of scripts. pf.ParseDate The above method can be used to easily create a Date object. Date objects can then be used to retrieve year, month and day. DatePicker control values are simple strings. ParseDate can be used to turn DatePicker values to date […]

July 22, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

Getting Started, Knowledge Base, PowerForms HTML

Registering PowerForms/HTML for a list

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

API Reference, Knowledge Base, PowerForms HTML

Helper Methods

July 22, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

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Getting Started, Knowledge Base, PowerForms HTML

Registering PowerForms/HTML for a list

Will replace the default New Item form with a PowerForms HTML form.

Will replace the default Edit Item form with a PowerForms HTML form.

Will replace the default View Item form with a PowerForms HTML form.

Pressing on a button will expand another selection, informing you that you are about to register PowerForms HTML to use instead of the selected default form.

Pressing on the above selection will cause the appearance of a confirmation box. Selecting OK will register PowerForms HTML for use.

To unregister PowerForms HTML and use the default Sharepoint Page again, simply click on the same button on the ribbon bar. The selection informs you that the default Sharepoint form will be used again.

Press OK on the confirmation box.

August 10, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos

API Reference, Knowledge Base, PowerForms HTML

Helper Methods

PowerForms helper methods is a collection of methods used to help with the creation of scripts.

pf.ParseDate

The above method can be used to easily create a Date object. Date objects can then be used to retrieve year, month and day. DatePicker control values are simple strings. ParseDate can be used to turn DatePicker values to date objects with ease.

For example, c_RegistrationDate is a DatePicker control. To retrieve the registration year, one must do the following:

Code

var dateInStringFormat = form.GetControl(“c_RegistrationDate”).GetValue();

var registrationDateObject = pf.ParseDate(dateInStringFormat);

var theRegistrationYear = registrationDateObject.getFullYear();

alert(theRegistrationYear);

pf.IsEmpty

The above method checks an object to see if it is null or empty.

Example:

Code

if(pf.IsEmpty(value))

{

alert(“Empty value object”);

}

pf.GetNameFromLookup and pf.GetValueFromLookup

The above two functions can be used with any lookup value of the type value;#name.

i.e. 1;#Administrator, 15;#Company.

Values of the above type can be extracted from PeoplePicker, LookupPicker, RadioButton or Comboboxcontrols.

For our examples, we will retrieve the author of a list item using the following formula:

Code

form.DataItem.Author

The above statement returns the following value:

1;#Sharepoint Administrator, which is of the value;#name type.

To retrieve only the Name part:

Code

pf.GetNameFromLookup(form.DataItem.Author)

returns Sharepoint Administrator.

To retrieve only the Value part:

Code

pf.GetValueFromLookup(form.DataItem.Author)

returns 1.

pf.GetNamesFromMultiLookup and pf.GetValuesFromMultiLookup

The above two functions can be used with any multilookup value of the type value1;#name1;#value2;#name2;#value3;#name3.

i.e. 1;#USA;#3;#Middle East and Europe;#2;#North Asia.

Both functions require two parameters to function, the actual values and a seperator, i.e. a comma (,)

pf.GetNamesFromMultiLookup(values, seperator)

pf.GetValuesFromMultiLookup(values, seperator)

To retrieve only the Name part:

Code

pf.GetNamesFromMultiLookup(items[i].CompanyType, “, “)

returns USA,Middle East and Europe,North Asia.

To retrieve only the Value part:

Code

pf.GetValuesFromMultiLookup(items[i].CompanyType, “,”)

returns 1,3,2.

pf.Format(obj, format, locale)

This function can be used to format a Number or Date using the specified format and the current culture.

Examples:

Code

pf.Format(new Date(2013, 3, 12, 22, 12), “dddd MMMM d, yyyy hh:mm tt”, “en-US”);

pf.SetCookie(c_name, value, exdays)

This function can be used to create a cookie for the current page. The function accepts three variables, the name of the cookie, the actual cookie value and the number of days till the cookie expires.

Examples:

Code

pf.SetCookie(“test”,”test123″, “1”);

pf.GetCookie(c_name)

This function can be used to retrieve the value of a previously created cookie. The function accepts one variable, the name of the cookie.

Examples:

Code

var theCookieValue = pf.GetCookie(“test”);

alert(theCookieValue);

pf.AddDaysToDate(date, number of days to add)

This function can be used to add number of days in a date variable. The function accepts two arguments, the value of the date and the number of days that is going to be added.

Examples:

Code

var theNewDateValue= pf.AddDaysToDate(new Date(), 2);

alert(theNewDateValue);

pf.AddDaysToDateSting(string date, number of days to add)

This function can be used to add number of days in a date string variable. The function accepts two arguments, the string value of the date and the number of days that is going to be added.

Examples:

Code

var theDateValue = form.GetControl(‘c_Date’).GetValue();

var theNewDateValue = pf.AddDaysToDateString(theDateValue, 2);

alert(theNewDateValue );

pf.CloneObjectSimpleProperties(object)

This function clones only a control’s simple properties. It is mainly used for serialization.

Examples:

Code

var rr = pf.CloneObjectSimpleProperties(form.GetControl(“c_Control1”).InputControl);

alert(pf.ObjectProperties(rr));

July 22, 2017/0 Comments/by Konstantinos