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Him_Jalpert
Him_Jalpert

Reputation: 2516

Getting custom form to work in Sharepoint 2010

I built a custom new form for a page and in the schema file I did the following:

<Form Type="NewForm" Url="NewForm.aspx" WebPartZoneID="Main" />

So it looks for my custom form, it works fine for new clients I create but ones already in the system still point to the standard new form

<Form Type="NewForm" Url="NewForm.aspx" SetupPath="pages\form.aspx" WebPartZoneID="Main" />

So I've tried to create an upgrade rule to get the older ones to look at the custom form by doing this:

var list = web.TryGetList("Client Programs");
list.DefaultNewFormUrl = "NewForm.aspx";
list.Update();

But I have a feeling this won't do anything, is there some way to point the old data to the new custom form through the site settings page, or what would I need to add/change in the upgrade rule to get this working?

Update

I should also mention that in the properties for the form I have changed it to look in the hive for the form and made it an elementfile.

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1377

Answers (1)

Le_Fredo
Le_Fredo

Reputation: 639

Existing items are edited by the EditForm.aspx, not from the newform.aspx

You have to duplicate newform.aspx and name it editform.aspx (a displayform.aspx could be created to).

<Forms>
  <Form Type="DisplayForm" Url="DispForm.aspx" SetupPath="features\$SharePoint.Feature.DeploymentPath$\YourProject\CustomDisplay.aspx" UseLegacyForm="True" WebPartZoneID="Main" />
  <Form Type="EditForm" Url="EditForm.aspx" SetupPath="features\$SharePoint.Feature.DeploymentPath$\YourProject\CustomEdit.aspx" UseLegacyForm="True" WebPartZoneID="Main"  />
  <Form Type="NewForm" Url="NewForm.aspx" SetupPath="features\$SharePoint.Feature.DeploymentPath$\YourProject\CustomNew.aspx" UseLegacyForm="True" WebPartZoneID="Main" />
</Forms>

For each form,each SharePoint form field have to be tagged with the correct control mode

New Form :

<SharePoint:FormField runat="server" ID="field_YourFieldName" ControlMode="New" FieldName="YourFieldName" />

Edit Form :

<SharePoint:FormField runat="server" ID="field_YourFieldName" ControlMode="Edit"                                                    FieldName="YourFieldName" />

Display Form :

<SharePoint:FormField runat="server" ID="field_YourFieldName" ControlMode="Display"                                                        FieldName="YourFieldName" />

Upvotes: 1

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