Forms: Customizing and Authoring

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager

A form is a window that makes it possible for users to interact with objects from the database. Users can use a form to view and edit the properties of objects. Each form is tied to a specific class, and it displays information only for instances of the targeted class. A form contains fields. 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 2012 – Service Manager form consists of the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) form implementation in a Microsoft .NET Framework assembly and a form definition in a Service Manager management pack. The form definition specifies the class that the form represents, along with the other properties of the form.

• Forms: Key Concepts

  Describes the key concepts of forms.

• Forms: General Guidelines and Best Practices

  Describes guidelines and best practices for working with forms.

• Guidelines and Best Practices for Authoring Forms in the Authoring Tool

  Describes the guidelines and the best practices for authoring forms in the System Center 2012 – Service Manager Authoring Tool.

• How to Browse a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to view a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Customize a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to customize a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Create a New Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to create a new form starting with a blank form, or starting with a custom WPF form, in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Check Box Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Check Box control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Date Picker Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Date Picker control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add an Image Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add an Image Control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Label Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Label control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a List Picker Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a List Picker control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Panel Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Panel control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Single Instance Picker Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Single Instance Picker control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Tab Control and Tab Item Controls to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Tab Control and a Tab Item control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a Text Box Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a Text Box control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Add a User Picker Control to a Form in the Authoring Tool

  Describes how to add a User Picker control to a form in the Authoring Tool.

• How to Customize the Default Incident Form (Sample Scenario)

  Describes how to customize the default incident form.

• Properties of Form Controls

  Provides information about the WPF-based and the Service Manager–based properties of form controls.