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Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development

You're reading from   Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development Working with the Publishing API, Placeholders, Search, Web Services, RSS, and Sharepoint Integration

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2005
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781904811534
Length 544 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
1. Building CMS Explorer FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing Channels and Postings with the PAPI 3. Managing Templates, Template Galleries, and Resources 4. Preparing Postings for Search Indexing 5. Searching MCMS with SharePoint 6. Publishing Content Between MCMS and SharePoint 7. Building SharePoint Web Parts 8. Useful Placeholder Controls 9. Validating Placeholder Controls 10. Staging Static Pages 11. InfoPath with MCMS Web Services 12. MCMS and RSS 13. Essential How-Tos, Tips, and Tricks 1. Setting up MCMS and SPS on the Same Virtual Server 2. MCMS Connector for SharePoint Technologies 3. Installing the Tropical Green Website Index

Cleaning up the Generated Form


The interface that InfoPath generates when we chose Section with Controls is fully functional but not very aesthetically pleasing nor does it contain all the correct control configurations. We can rearrange the controls on the form by simply dragging and dropping them into different areas.

Firstly, let’s get all the common posting and template properties laid out a little better.

  1. 1. Place the cursor to the left of the topmost Name: label (the label directly below the title) and from the Table menu, select Insert | Layout Table.

  2. 2. Set the number of columns to 2, the number of rows to 7, and click OK.

  3. 3. A layout table has now been generated. Add the following text into separate cells in the first column:

    Name

    Display Name

    Posting Path

    Posting ID

    Template Name

    Template Path

    Template ID

  4. 4. Select the cells and set the text to be bold.

  5. 5. We must now move the text fields that were generated next to their corresponding label. Drag the four text fields next to the Name...

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