BPC PowerForms by Best Practice Consulting
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BPC PowerForms allows companies to build advanced custom forms for Document libraries and custom lists in Microsoft SharePoint. It is a complete framework based on Silverlight to assist users build rich data forms. Key Features: - Rich control set - Supports many useful controls.
- Tab-based user interface - Save valuable space by grouping form controls in tabs.
- Run-time designer - Easily move the controls around on the form using the run-time designer.
- Multi-column user interface - Using the designer, user can easily create the form layout that suits their needs.
- Hierarchical combo boxes - Multiple constraints between controls can be defined that filter the data source for lookup controls (comboboxes, lookup pickers, etc.) whenever the users select a value in the constraint control.
- Popup multi-value pickers - For multi-value fields, popup pickers can be used to save form space.
- Allows developers to build custom controls and add custom business logic in the form - Full programming API for developing new custom controls, customized web calls before and after form actions, custom external assemblies for business logic.
- Supports calculated fields - Expression Evaluator for control values and asynchronous queries to other SharePoint lists.
- Supports localization for every form element.
- Master-detail list queries - Users can display master-detail information using the list query designer feature and controls.
- Web service call definition - Users can define web service calls to external web services. Filters can be applied depending on user data.
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User reviews
Average user rating from: 3 user(s)
Impressive
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
I've been working with the trial beta for no more than 1-2 weeks, and still managed to setup an entire issue management system based on it for our operations department. The customization capabilities seem to be really unlimited, plus I was able to setup master detail views based on external data (some financial info is kept to systems outside MOSS) within minutes.
Boosts up sharepoint app development; definetely worth the price
Product Reviews
| Pros | -Controls like hierarchical treeviews, lookup pickers with search, on the fly datagrids, advanced calculated formulas based on existing controls, images, progress bars etc
-FAST (goodbye irritating post backs)
-WYSIWYG printing of the forms
-External data embedment
-Super: multiple forms based on custom conditions |
| Cons | haven't found any :) will keep digging though.
perhaps one "drawback" (if you can call it that) is that it is "bound" to sharepoint. I would love to have it also as an independent product for building standalone silverlight forms outside sharepoint. |
| Version Reviewed | 1.7.4 |
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Time saver
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A really good investment overall, after a few days of usage I haven't found any customization scenario I cannot implement with PF.
Product Reviews
| Pros | => advanced controls (treeview and grid, filtered and cascading dropdowns)
=> extensibility (fairly easy to add your own libraries, and incorporate your own business logic)
=> really fast design and customization of the forms |
| Cons | => silverlight based, different look n feel than the HTML sharepoint controls in Sharepoint 2007. Seems more consistent with the Sharepoint 2010 GUI |
| Version Reviewed | 1.7.1 |
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Fast and easy
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The designer is very powerful and incorporates many things that we used to get as different components before (cascaded lookup, tabs, etc)
I have shortly tested this on WSS3 as well and it seems to have no differences in functionality.
Product Reviews
| Pros | Forms are extremely easy to build
Many controls out of the box
Can help get users pleased fast
Nice price for all the functionality
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| Version Reviewed | 1.7.1 |
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