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john-wakefly - 8/14/2009 1:59:12 PM

Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab?

I like Kentico, but the BizForm implementation seems a little strange. I can add a BizForm to a template no problem, but when adding it at a page level, it seems limited.

I guess you can do this through a button on the FCK editor which inserts some magic string into the editable content block, which denotes that a specific BizForm will be there when the page loads.

However, how do you set properties on that BizForm? Can you? Is there any documentation on using a BizForm in this fashion?

I hope this is just something I'm missing, as it seems like being able to control BizForm on a page level is half the battle. Let me know, thanks!

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kentico_helenag - 8/17/2009 9:07:25 AM

RE:Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab?

Hello,

documentation for inline controls is here: http://www.kentico.com/docs/devguide/inline_controls_overview.htm

You may specify the Inline control Properties in:

CMSSiteManager -> Development -> Inline controls -> edit -> Properties

I would recommend you to study the Media file inline control – see its code and settings. The source of this inline control is here:

~/CMSModules/MediaLibrary/InlineControls/MediaFileControl.ascx

You may add necessary web part properties as these Inline controls properties.

The default configuration allows choose only the Form name. It is meant for editors who could insert the form simply. The complicated settings should be done by Designers (those who see the Design mode). They may add the BizForm web part.

However, you could develop a BizForm inline control according your needs.

Best regards,
Helena Grulichova


Member	john-wakefly - 8/17/2009 4:00:26 PM RE:Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab? I think someone changed the codename for the fields for that document type. Does that sound like it would cause this problem? Have you seen this as an issue before?


Kentico Developer	kentico_helenag - 8/18/2009 6:48:56 AM RE:Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab? Hello, I am not sure if I get your point. Do you mean someone changed code names of fields of document type which you use for a document where you use WYSIWYG editor and BizForm inline control? What problems do you encounter exactly? Best regards, Helena Grulichova

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john-wakefly - 8/18/2009 7:55:54 AM

RE:Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab?

They went into the Site Manager -> Development -> Document Types and edited the code names of the fields.

I'm not sure if my problem occurred because of those fields changes, but now most of the pages with that document type wont display their data in the form tab, although I can see the data in the database.

I have since re-imported the documents, and they are fine now, but I'm just wondering if there is anything I should avoid doing that might cause this issue again in the future (Such as changing the code name).


Kentico Developer	kentico_helenag - 8/18/2009 9:16:41 AM RE:Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab? Hello, Yes, the change of field code names causes these problems. You may really avoid this issue by not changing them. Optionally, you may set up user permissions carefully so that the unreliable editors may not access the Site Manager. Best regards, Helena Grulichova


Member	john-wakefly - 8/18/2009 9:18:27 AM RE:Is there any documentation on using BizForms within the page tab? Yeah, I'm not sure why they decided to change the names, but thank you for the info!