Designing Custom CI-Form

Question

Hi
I´m working on a custom CI-class with a custom form. Working with Authoring Tool designing the form is a nightmare. So my question is, can i design the layout of the form in any application and after that create bindings ect. in Authoring?
/Regards

Answer 1

Hi,
Yes of sure !
Try to check this :
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13472.system-center-2012-service-manager-developer-s-survival-guide.aspx
Extending UI
SCSM 2012 use WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) for all UI elements. With
SCSM 2012 you can extend UI by creating custom elements like:
Controls (can be placed on existing forms)
Forms
Console tasks
The most common problem with UI componenta is what UI use the IDataItem
interface and DataAdapters classes to communicate with SDK. So you can't use SDK
in forms and console tasks directly.
Overview of the Forms Infrastructure and the Generic Form
Tasks – Part 1: Tasks Overview
Open Source
Projects
SCSM Incident SLA Management
SCSM Send Email MP
SCSM Perf Test Harness
Examples
How
to Create Task Handlers
Tasks Part 2 – Custom Console Tasks for Create, Edit, Delete
Creating Custom Forms for Service Manager using Custom Controls:
Service Request Example
Create custom UserControl for SCSM 2010 SP1
 (you can use same approach for SCSM 2012)
Creating a Custom Administration Setting
 (Class, Task, Form, Wizard)
Service Manager 2012 – How to disable form controls for a Resolved
or Closed Incident – Part 1
Service Manager 2012 – How to disable form controls for a Resolved
or Closed Incident – Part 2
Insert CI property values into Microsoft Word Template and print
directly from Service Manager Console
 (console task, Word automation)
How to add a button to edit ListView item on a custom SCSM form
Remy BOVI