Form-Based Publishing / Forms Availability API

Hi all,
someone knows if it's possible to manage automatically the forms availability through APIs?
Or if i can use the RenderConfig.properties instead of the Form-Based Publishing iView of EP6 SP2 pl6, and in wich way.
thanks!!
Gennaro

Hi Gennaro,
(a) The Forms Availabiliy settings are stored in the ConfigFramework. So you can use the API for setting/getting data from the Config.
(b) The RenderConfig.properties is deprecated. It should no longer be used. Since SP2 this file is only be read while startup and the data is merged into ConfigFramework
Kind Regards
--Matthias

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Message was edited by: E. van der Palen

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