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InfoPath – SharePoint 2007 Integration. Joe Waldin – Roanoke, VA. Agenda. InfoPath Fundamentals What is InfoPath – Brief History What are Forms Services Controls Set-up Working with Data Demonstration/Examples. InfoPath History. First introduced as part of Office 2003 suite
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InfoPath – SharePoint2007 Integration Joe Waldin – Roanoke, VA
Agenda • InfoPath Fundamentals • What is InfoPath – Brief History • What are Forms Services • Controls • Set-up • Working with Data • Demonstration/Examples
InfoPath History • First introduced as part of Office 2003 suite • Based solely on XML technology • Specifically designed to edit XML data • Built on W3C Standards • InfoPath 2003 Service Pack 1 • Improved Integration • Web Service Support, ADO.NET Support • Additional Tools • Format Painter Tool, Tables Toolbar
InfoPath History • InfoPath 2007 • Application is NOT Required on Client PC • Create “InfoPath-Only” or Browser-Only” Forms • Improved “Managed Code” Support • Expanded “Object Model” Programming Interface • “Workflow” Integration – Outlook & SharePoint • Tablet PC Support • Sister Product - “InfoPath Forms Services”
InfoPath Forms Services • Allows Publishing InfoPath Forms to the WEB • Implemented as an ASP.NET Control • Easily incorporate InfoPath forms into existing Web infrastructures. • Form Control exposes various events between the control and the hosting web page. • Analogous to Outlook Client & Outlook Web Access.
InfoPath References • Designing Forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2007 – Scott Roberts and Hagen Green • PRO InfoPath 2007 – Philo Janus • InfoPath Team Blog • http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/ • Microsoft Office Online • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath/default.aspx
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