Project Description

This web part can generate form based data entry from any SharePoint List.
[Windows SharePoint Services]

Most SharePoint lists and libraries include data entry forms when you want to add an item, but what happens when you want to allow a certain group
of users to add items to a list, but not be able to view the items? or when you need to embed your form in your page? The SharePoint Form Generator
allow all users to add entries to the list, and can be used to generate rich UI forms with field validation to be embed in your pages. The Web Part supports all types of columns used in SharePoint lists.

Key functionality

Impersonation to add content
Required field validator
Custom field validation (regular expression http://spregex.codeplex.com/)
Multi-language support
Embed in any web part page
Design your form (to be released soon)

This project is new in CodePlex any feedback will be highly appreciated - http://sfg.codeplex.com/Thread/Create.aspx

Embedding SharePoint Form Generator Web Part in SharePoint Page

1 Deploy the SFG.wsp solution to SharePoint
- http://sfg.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx
- optional Deploy the SharePoint Custom Field Type - Regular Expressions solution to SharePoint http://spregex.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx (deploy this solution if you need regular expression validation)

2 Activating the feature
- Site Settings
- Site Features
- SharePoint Form Generator
- Activate

3 Create your List
- All Site Content
- Create
- Custom List
- Create
- List Settings
- Create columns

4 Adding the webpart
- Edit Page
- Add a Web Part
- SharePoint Form Generator

5 Customizing the web part
- Associate the web part with your list

Help support the project - Make a donation!

This project is a free open source project that is developed in my personal time. You can support this project by donating via PayPal, any amount of compensation is greatly appreciated. Donations also help keep the project open source and free for the community. If you would like to make a donation to the project, click the link below to be directed to PayPal. Thank you!

About the Author

Alon Havivi is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, specialised in SharePoint 2007/2010, with more than 10 years of experience in analysis, design and development complex Internet and Intranet portals using the latest Microsoft tools and practices, such as C# .NET 4.0, Silverlight and Windows Azure platform. Besides professional work, I write articles for Egghadcafe.com and publish open source projects on CodePlex.