InfoPath with SharePoint 2010 : Using Template Parts to Create Reusable Form Components (part 2) - Add Your Template Part as a Custom Control

6. Add Your Template Part as a Custom Control

After you have saved your template part, you may add it as one of the InfoPath controls such that each time you design a new form, your template part is available for use.

To add your template part to InfoPath, follow these steps:

1.	From InfoPath Designer, expand the Controls menu from the Home top ribbon bar.
2.	Select Add or Remove Custom Controls, as shown in Figure 3, to open the Add or Remove Custom Controls dialog. The dialog appears as shown in Figure 4 and allows you to manage your template parts. Figure 3. Selecting Add or Remove Custom Controls opens the custom control dialog. Figure 4. The custom controls dialog allows you to manage your template parts.
3.	Click the Add button. The Add Custom Control Wizard appears, as shown in Figure 5, and steps you through the template part addition. Figure 5. Clicking Add invokes the Add Custom Control Wizard.
4.	Leave the Template Part option selected and click Next.
5.	Browse to the xtp2 file you created when saving your template part and click Finish, as shown in Figure 6, to add that part as a custom control. Figure 6. Selecting the file determines which template part to add as a custom control.
6.	Click Close on the confirmation window.
7.	Click OK on the Add or Remove Custom Controls dialog.

Your form template part is now available in the Controls list, as shown in Figure 7, and may be used in SharePoint forms.

Figure 7. Adding a template part displays it as an available control to be used in SharePoint forms.