Getting Information About Forms
Applies to: SharePoint Workspace 2010 | Visual Studio 2008
The ReadForms operation provides information about each form in the Forms tool. It provides the following information for each form: ID, Name, FormsRecordDataSet_ID, URI, Type, MaintainRecordVersionHistory, IsResponse, and IsDeleted.
When a Forms designer creates a new form in a Groove Forms Tool or imports a template to an InfoPath Forms Tool, the Forms Tool assigns a Form ID to it. This Form ID is preserved if the tool is saved in a Groove tool template, workspace template, or workspace archive, and then re-created. To reliably identify a form in your Web Services application you should identify it by Form ID. Although you can identify a form by its display name, the display name may be changed by a workspace manager with design permission. Note that the Form ID is not displayed in the Forms Tool Designer user interface—you must run a Web Services application that calls ReadForms to determine the Form ID.
The FormsRecordDataSet_ID element is used in the Forms2RecordDataSet type as the schema name for records created with this form.
The URI element identifies the form and can be used to create an HTTP Target URL to call the ReadFormFields operation to find out the information about the fields in the form. In addition, you can query for the records created by a specific form by using the form's URI as the value of the FormURI parameter in the QueryRecords operation.
The Type element identifies the form implementation. The form type has either a value of "DHTML" for forms in a Groove Forms Tool or a value of "InfoPath" for forms in an InfoPath Forms Tool.
The MaintainRecordVersionHistory element describes whether the tool saves the existing version of a record when it is updated. The existing version of the record is assigned a new RecordID and is saved as a child of the new updated record.
The IsResponse element describes whether the Forms tool designer has specified that the form is used to create response records.
The IsDeleted element describes whether the Forms tool designer has deleted the form and the tool has marked the form for deletion. The tool retains the form as long as there are undeleted records created with this form.
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Example Code: Reading Forms and Form Fields
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Reference
GrooveForms2.ReadForms Operation
GrooveForms2.ReadFormFields Operation