FormTemplateCollection Class

Represents all Administrator-approved form templates on the server farm.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedObjectCollection<FormTemplate>
    Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPPersistedChildCollection<FormTemplate>
      Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration.FormTemplateCollection

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server (in Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("543DD7B9-6E48-438d-86D8-100000000000")> _
Public NotInheritable Class FormTemplateCollection _
    Inherits SPPersistedChildCollection(Of FormTemplate) _
    Implements IBackupRestoreConfiguration, IBackupRestore
'Usage
Dim instance As FormTemplateCollection

[GuidAttribute("543DD7B9-6E48-438d-86D8-100000000000")]
public sealed class FormTemplateCollection : SPPersistedChildCollection<FormTemplate>, 
    IBackupRestoreConfiguration, IBackupRestore

Remarks

User form templates and those deployed as content types to site collections are not enumerated in the FormTemplateCollection collection. Administrator-approved form templates are deployed as content types, and are enumerated in the collection.

Examples

The following two examples write the count of Administrator-approved form templates to the console. References are required in the Visual Studio project to the [Microsoft.Office.Server], [Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server], and [Microsoft.SharePoint] assemblies.

Note

Browse for the [Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server] assembly at <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Bin.

The following import statements are required for the

Microsoft.Office.Server, Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration, and Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration namespaces:

    Dim LocalFormsService As FormsService
    Dim LocalFarm As SPFarm
    Dim FormTemps As Integer

    Try
        LocalFarm = SPFarm.Local
        LocalFormsService = LocalFarm.Services.GetValue(Of FormsService)(FormsService.ServiceName)
        FormTemps = LocalFormsService.FormTemplates.Count()
        Console.WriteLine("Number of form templates: " & FormTemps.ToString())
        Console.Write("Press Enter to Continue")
        Console.ReadLine()
    Catch ex As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
        Console.Write("Press Enter to Continue")
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Try

The following using statements are required for the

Microsoft.Office.Server, Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration, and Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration namespaces.

    FormsService localFormsService;
    SPFarm localFarm = SPFarm.Local;
    Int16 formTemps;

    try
    {
        localFormsService = localFarm.Services.GetValue<FormsService>(FormsService.ServiceName);
        formTemps = (Int16)localFormsService.FormTemplates.Count;
        Console.WriteLine("Number of form templates: " + formTemps.ToString());
        Console.Write("Press Enter to Continue");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
        Console.Write("Press Enter to Continue");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

FormTemplateCollection Members

Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration Namespace