Updating Items in a form using XML

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I have a form loaded in SBO. In some conditions I want to disable some items like EditTexts, CheckBoxes, ComboBoxes in the form. Some times I have to enable them.. Since there are more controls in the form I would like to use an XML for doing this.
But when I tried an XML, it did not work for the Enabled property. But it is working for Visible Property.
Do anybody know how to update the XML so that it will work fine?
This is the sample XML used for this purpose.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" ?>
<Application>
<forms>
<action type="update">
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    <items>
     <action type="update">
      <item uid="cmbSlsPr" type="113" left="125" enabled="0" visible="1" />
      <item uid="txtCustRef" type="16" left="125" enabled="0" visible="1" />
     </action>
    </items>
   </form>
</action>
</forms>
</Application>
Thanks in advance.
Anoop
Edited by: Anoop Krishnan on Aug 8, 2009 12:43 PM

Hi Anoop,
Yes, I update forms using XML.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" ?>
<Application>
     <forms>
          <action type="update">
               <form FormType="133" uid="">
                    <datasources>
                         <userdatasources>
                              <action type="add">
                                  <datasource uid="DSItemUID" type="9" size="100"></datasource>
                                   <datasource uid="DSDocNum" type="0"></datasource>
                              </action>
                         </userdatasources>
                    </datasources>
                    <items>
                         <action type="update">
                        <item uid="FldEDI" type="99" left="384" tab_order="0" width="64" top="98" height="19" visible="1" enabled="1" from_pane="0" to_pane="0" disp_desc="0" right_just="0" description="" linkto="" forecolor="-1" backcolor="-1" text_style="0" font_size="-1" supp_zeros="0" AffectsFormMode="0">
                            <AutoManagedAttribute></AutoManagedAttribute>
                            <specific caption="EDI" AffectsFormMode="0" val_on="8" val_off="0">
                                <databind databound="1" table="" alias="SYS_208"></databind>
                            </specific>
                        </item>
                        <item uid="FldOther" type="99" left="448" tab_order="0" width="74" top="98" height="19" visible="1" enabled="1" from_pane="0" to_pane="0" disp_desc="0" right_just="0" description="" linkto="" forecolor="-1" backcolor="-1" text_style="0" font_size="-1" supp_zeros="0" AffectsFormMode="0">
                            <AutoManagedAttribute></AutoManagedAttribute>
                            <specific caption="Outra Info." AffectsFormMode="0" val_on="2" val_off="0">
                                <databind databound="1" table="" alias="SYS_208"></databind>
                            </specific>
                        </item>
                             <item uid="ExportEDI" type="4" left="300" tab_order="0" width="80" top="150" height="20" visible="1" enabled="1" from_pane="8" to_pane="8" disp_desc="0" right_just="0" description="" linkto="rtgEDI" forecolor="-1" backcolor="-1" text_style="0" font_size="-1" supp_zeros="0" AffectsFormMode="1">
                                   <AutoManagedAttribute></AutoManagedAttribute>
                                   <specific caption="Exportar EDI"></specific>
                              </item>
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