Description of Properties of Form Controls

The table in this topic lists properties of System Center Service Manager 2010 form controls. This information can help you customize and create forms in the System Center Service Manager Authoring Tool.

Table of Control Properties

Most properties of Service Manager forms are based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) properties, and others are defined by Service Manager. The table below provides details about the WPF-based property groups and their respective properties when applicable. For information about WPF properties, see System.Windows.Controls Namespace in the Microsoft Technical Library (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=204425).

Service Manager Property Group	Service Manager Property Name	Source of Property	WPF-Based Property Group/Property	Additional Information
Appearance	Opacity	WPF	UIElement/Opacity
	Visibility	WPF	UIElement/Visibility
Binding	Binding Mode	WPF	Binding/Mode
	Binding Path	Service Manager and WPF	Binding/Path	Binds the control to the property that the control displays. The control dynamically displays the property that it is bound to, updating the value as it changes. The type of the control and the type of the displayed property must match; for example, the type of the Binding Path property of a Date Picker control must be Date.
	Binds directly to source	WPF	Binding/BindsDirectlyToSource
Date	Date Format	Service Manager	N/A	The format in which the control displays the date, such as 'Full date and time', and 'Short'.
Drawing	Source Path	Service Manager	N/A	A path to the image file in an Image control.
	Stretch	WPF	Image/Stretch
	Stretch Direction	WPF	Viewbox/StretchDirection
Brush	Background Brush	N/A	N/A	The background color in the control.
	Foreground Brush	N/A	N/A	The foreground color in the control; basically, the color of text.
Instance	Instance Type	Service Manager	N/A	The type of the instance in a Single Instance Picker control. The value is a class such as Activity, Computer, or a custom class.
	Instance type internal name	Service Manager	N/A	The internal name of the Instance Type property.
Label	Content	WPF	ContentControl/Content	A fixed string to be displayed in the label.
	Font Family	WPF	TextBlock/FontFamily
	Font Size	WPF	TextBlock/FontSize
	Font Style	WPF	TextBlock/FontStyle
	Font Weight	WPF	TextBlock/FontWeight
	Label Binding Mode	WPF	Binding/Mode
	Label Binding Path	Service Manager and WPF	N/A	Included in almost all controls. Binds the label of the control to the property that this control displays.
	Label binds directly to source	WPF	Binding/BindsDirectlyToSource
Layout	Height	WPF	FrameworkElement/Height
	Horizontal Alignment	WPF	FrameworkElement/HorizontalAlignment
	Minimum Height	WPF	FrameworkElement/MinHeight
	Minimum Width	WPF	FrameworkElement/MinWidth
	Vertical Alignment	WPF	FrameworkElement/VerticalAlignment
	Width	WPF	FrameworkElement/Width
List	List type	Service Manager	N/A	The type of list that this control displays. This can be an existing list or a custom list.
	List type internal name	Service Manager	N/A	The internal name of the List type property.
Margin	Bottom	WPF	Control/Bottom
	Left	WPF	Control/Left
	Right	WPF	Control/Right
	Top	WPF	Control/Top
Miscellaneous	Flow Direction	WPF	FrameworkElement/FlowDirection
	Focusable	WPF	UIElement/Focusable
	Is Enabled	WPF	UIElement/IsEnabled
	Name	WPF	FrameworkElement/Name
Text	Accepts the ENTER key	WPF	TextBox/AcceptsReturn
	Content	WPF	ContentControl/Content
	Font Family	WPF	TextBlock/FontFamily
	Font Size	WPF	TextBlock/FontSize
	Font Style	WPF	TextBlock/FontStyle
	Font Weight	WPF	TextBlock/FontWeight
	Horizontal Scroll Bar Visibility	WPF	TextBox/HorizontalScrollBarVisibility
	Max Lines	WPF	TextBox/MaxLines
	Text	WPF	TextBox/Text
	Text Wrapping	WPF	TextBlock/TextWrapping
	Vertical Scroll Bar Visibility	WPF	TextBox/VerticalScrollBarVisibility