InfoPath enables users to design forms and publish them for use by other
users. It combines the ease of use of Access forms with the enterprise
scalability of a network-based platform. Microsoft's goal with InfoPath
is to get form design and maintenance out of the IT shop and onto the
desktop, while maintaining the power of connecting to web services or a
SQL Server. Since InfoPath is wholly XML-based, it is easy to introduce
it into a heterogeneous enterprise environment -- via web services
InfoPath can act as the interface for any back end system. InfoPath
2007, coupled with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, adds the ability
to deploy InfoPath forms in a web browser with no client side
application. SharePoint and Office 2007 have leveraged InfoPath in many
other ways -- making InfoPath forms part of the workflow engine embedded
in SharePoint, and using InfoPath forms to capture and maintain
arbitrary metadata in Office documents. Pro InfoPath 2007 was written so
that developers can read it as an introduction to InfoPath 2007, as well
as use it as a reference for common tasks. Targeted at developers, power
users should also find a lot of value in this book to learn how to
design and use forms in InfoPath. This book will show form designers how
to:
- Use InfoPath to fill in electronic forms
- Design and publish forms
- Connect to data sources to read and publish data
- Design and leverage the power of InfoPath views
- Work with SharePoint form libraries to get the most out of InfoPath
form data
- Import existing Word and Excel forms into InfoPath
- Create workflows with SharePoint Designer
- Work with digital signatures In addition, developers will learn how
to:
- Create an InfoPath form template based on a data connection or web
service
- Publish InfoPath form templates as content types
- Create custom task panes for InfoPath forms
- Understand SharePoint information management policies
- Write .Net code behind InfoPath forms and browser forms
- Create an add-in to extend the capabilities of InfoPath
- Create a custom workflow for SharePoint, embedding InfoPath forms
for gathering information
- Build a .Net web service that InfoPath can connect to
- Use Altova's XMLSpy to work with InfoPath form templates
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