customCategory Element

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customCategory Element

Specifies the category that the form template appears under in the Fill Out a Form task pane.

Type

xsd:complexType

Child Elements

None.

Attributes

Attribute Type Required Description Possible Values
name xsf:xdTitle required Specifies the name of the custom category.

minLength = 1

maxLength = 255

pattern = ([^\p{Z}\p{Cc}\p{Cf}\p{Cn}])(([^\p{Zl}\p{Zp}\p{Cc}])*([^\p{Z}\p{Cc}\p{Cf}\p{Cn}]))?

Definition

    <xsd:element name="customCategory">
  <xsd:complexType>
    <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsf:xdTitle" use="required"></xsd:attribute>
  </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

  

Remarks

The customCategory element is an optional element of the initialXmlDocument element.

Note  This item is not supported when the Disable Service Pack features option on the Advanced tab of the Options dialog box in InfoPath is selected or when Microsoft Office 2003 Editions Service Pack 1 or later is not installed. Any form defined by a form definition file (.xsf) that includes this item cannot be opened in InfoPath when service pack features are disabled or unavailable.

Example

The following is an example of the customCategory element:

    <xsf:fileNew> 
   <xsf:initialXmlDocument 
      caption="Travel Report"
      href="TravelReportTemplate.xml">
      <xsf:customCategory name="Reports"/>
   </xsf:initialXmlDocument>
</xsf:fileNew>