Deploy BrowserFormWebPart declaratively without BinarySerializedWebPart Element - sharepoint-2010

Question

Does anyone know if there is a way to deploy a BrowserFormWebPart (custom InfoPath form for a list content type) using standard AllUsersWebPart element and a CDATA section for the properties? So far I have tried without success. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

After 2 days of research - Following code works
private void UpdateInfoPathForms(SPSite oSite)
{
UpdateInfoPath(oSite, "Lists/Audit Calendar/Item/newifs.aspx");
UpdateInfoPath(oSite, "Lists/Audit Calendar/Item/displayifs.aspx");
UpdateInfoPath(oSite, "Lists/Audit Calendar/Item/editifs.aspx");
}
private void UpdateInfoPath(SPSite oSite, string formFileLocation)
{
var file = oSite.RootWeb.GetFile(formFileLocation);
using (SPLimitedWebPartManager manager = file.GetLimitedWebPartManager(System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope.Shared))
{
try
{
var wp1 = new Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls.WebUI.BrowserFormWebPart();
wp1.SubmitBehavior = Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls.WebUI.SubmitBehavior.FormDefault;
wp1.FormLocation = "~list/Item/template.xsn";
wp1.ContentTypeId = oSite.RootWeb.Lists["Audit Calendar"].ContentTypes["Item"].Id.ToString();
IListWebPart listWebpart = wp1 as IListWebPart;
listWebpart.ListId = oSite.RootWeb.Lists["Audit Calendar"].ID;
if (formFileLocation.Contains("newifs.aspx"))
{
listWebpart.PageType = PAGETYPE.PAGE_NEWFORM;
}
else if (formFileLocation.Contains("displayifs.aspx"))
{
wp1.ListFormMode = Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls.WebUI.ListFormMode.ReadOnly;
listWebpart.PageType = PAGETYPE.PAGE_DISPLAYFORM;
}
else if (formFileLocation.Contains("editifs.aspx"))
{
listWebpart.PageType = PAGETYPE.PAGE_EDITFORM;
}
listWebpart.ViewFlags = SPViewFlags.None;
manager.AddWebPart(wp1, "Main", 0);
manager.SaveChanges(wp1);
}
finally
{
manager.Web.Dispose();
}
}

Answer 2

I have had the same problem. Here is what I tried:
<AllUsersWebPart WebPartZoneID="Main" WebPartOrder="2">
<![CDATA[
<webParts>
<webPart xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v3">
<metaData>
<type name="Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls.WebUI.BrowserFormWebPart, Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" />
<importErrorMessage>Cannot import this Web Part.</importErrorMessage>
</metaData>
<data>
<properties>
<property name="ChromeType" type="chrometype">None</property>
<property name="HelpMode" type="helpmode">Modeless</property>
<property name="ChromeState" type="chromestate">Normal</property>
</properties>
</data>
</webPart>
</webParts>]]>
</AllUsersWebPart>
I then have a Feature Receiver that configures the web part:
using (SPLimitedWebPartManager manager = file.GetLimitedWebPartManager(PersonalizationScope.Shared))
{
try
{
BrowserFormWebPart webpart = GetWebPart(manager);
webpart.SubmitBehavior = SubmitBehavior.FormDefault;
webpart.FormLocation = "~list/MyList/template.xsn";
webpart.ContentTypeId = "0x01003C8AD6E14DAD5342BBFAA84E63F8022C";
manager.SaveChanges(webpart);
}
finally
{
manager.Web.Dispose();
}
}
The BrowserFormWebPart properties are required for getting the form to display, but for some reason, setting those properties in the AllUsersWebPart section did not work. The form displays and I can fill it out, but the values from the form do not get inserted into the fields of the list item. I added the following section to the Feature Receiver to try to get the form to tie into the fields of the list item:
IListWebPart listWebpart = webpart as IListWebPart;
listWebpart.PageType = PAGETYPE.PAGE_EDITFORM;
listWebpart.ViewFlags = SPViewFlags.None;
Unfortunately, no joy. And that is as far as I got. Hopefully you'll have better luck.