server/AyaNova/biz/FormCustomBiz.cs

@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 var ValidFormFields = FormAvailableFields.FormFields(inObj.FormKey);
                 try
                 {
+                    //Parse the json, expecting something like this:
+                    //[{fld:"ltkeyfieldname",hide:"true/false",required:"true/false", type:"bool"},{fld:"ltkeyfieldname",hide:"true/false",required:"true/false", type:"text"]
+                    //Array at root is valid json and saves a bit of bandwidth so minimal is best
                     var v = JArray.Parse(inObj.Template);                   
 
                     for (int i = 0; i < v.Count; i++)

server/AyaNova/models/FormCustom.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
                 - Hide "hide"
                 - Required "required"
                 - Type One of values from AyDataType but not tags or enum (bool, date, date time, decimal, number, picklist(FUTURE), and text)
-             - e.g.: {template:[{fld:"ltkeyfieldname",hide:"true/false",required:"true/false", type:"bool"},{fld:"ltkeyfieldname",hide:"true/false",required:"true/false", type:"text"]}
+             - e.g.: [{fld:"ltkeyfieldname",hide:"true/false",required:"true/false", type:"bool"},{fld:"ltkeyfieldname",hide:"true/false",required:"true/false", type:"text"]
 
  */
     public partial class FormCustom
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
       
         [Required, MaxLength(255)]
         public string FormKey { get; set; }//max 255 characters ascii set 
-        public string Template { get; set; }//JSON fragment of form customization template
+        public string Template { get; set; }//JSON fragment of form customization template, top level is array.
 
     }
 }

server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs

@@ -79,15 +79,18 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
                 //WIDGET sample form customization
                 {
-                    ?? Should the template be an object or an array at the top
+                    //?? Should the template be an object or an array at the top
                     //In other words is it correct below or in the TEST Project FormCustom code where it's directly an array
                     //verify what is coming out of the test project in json first before this
+
+//According to the internet (:)) an array or an object is a valid top level json root object so it could go either way and it's a matter of preference I guess
+
+
                     var ct = ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext;
                     var fc = new FormCustom()
                     {
                         FormKey = "widget",
-                        Template = @"{
+                        Template = @"[
-                                        ""template"": [
                                             {
                                             ""fld"": ""WidgetNotes"",
                                             ""required"": ""true""
@@ -122,8 +125,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                                             ""required"": ""false"",
                                             ""type"": ""decimal""
                                             }
-                                        ]
+                                        ]"
-                                        }"
                     };
 
                     ct.FormCustom.Add(fc);