Forms: How to Customize and Author Forms

Applies To: System Center Service Manager 2010

A form is a window that allows users to interact with objects from the database. A form lets users view and edit the properties of objects. Each form is tied to a specific class and displays information only for instances of the targeted class. A form contains fields, and typically each field is bound to a specific property of the form’s targeted class. The incident form, for example, is tied to the incident object. Therefore, the incident form displays information about incident objects in the database.

A System Center Service Manager 2010 form consists of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) form implementation in a .NET Framework assembly, and a form definition in a Service Manager management pack. The form definition specifies the class that the form represents and the other properties of the form.

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