Microsoft InfoPath 2010
The official blog of the Microsoft InfoPath product team
UDC File Authoring Tool
Some time ago, we blogged about the reasons why you'd use UDC files and the anatomy of UDC files....
Author: infopath1 Date: 02/12/2007
InfoPath-Related Blogs: OPML Compilation
We promised, and here it is: the OPML compilation of RSS feeds of bloggers that write about...
Author: infopath1 Date: 02/09/2007
Using the Events Manager of the InfoPath Hosted Control
The InfoPath hosted control gives developers of third party hosted applications the ability to...
Author: infopath1 Date: 02/07/2007
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Is this blog useful for you? Which articles are most useful? One very important way you can tell us...
Author: infopath1 Date: 02/06/2007
InfoPath and Yukon: The Details
In a recent post, I touched upon the reasons why you might want to go with SQL Server XML columns as...
Author: infopath1 Date: 02/05/2007
New MSDN resources
Some new MSDN resources to check out: 1) Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007 SDK2) InfoPath Developer...
Author: infopath1 Date: 02/02/2007
InfoPath and SQL Server 2005: Intro
SQL Server 2005, also known as Yukon, comes with greatly improved XML support. Just look at it:...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/31/2007
Submitting to a Database (via Web Services) in InfoPath Forms Services
If you've ever designed and deployed a form that will be frequently used or require significant data...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/29/2007
Resource Compilations
A few folks put together good resource compilations of everything InfoPath-related: articles,...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/26/2007
Survey Creator
Scenario A school department wants to create a standard digital template to use when administering...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/24/2007
Sniffing Code in Form Templates
With the introduction of InfoPath Forms Services for MOSS 2007, clever management of form template...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/22/2007
Do you blog about InfoPath?
I'd love to compile a list of blogs about InfoPath to help the developer community connect and share...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/19/2007
E-Mailing a Custom View
Lately, we've had a lot of interest in e-mailing a custom view with InfoPath forms that are...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/17/2007
Populating form data from SharePoint List Views
The SharePoint list data connection in InfoPath is a great declarative way to bring in data from a...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/15/2007
More articles from the community
It's Friday, and on Fridays I usually try to dig up a cool article or two from the community1)...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/12/2007
Implementing Roles in Browser Forms
What are Roles? Without going much in detail, InfoPath roles is a functionality where you can define...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/10/2007
Data Connections in Template Parts
Template parts allow a form designer to combine view information, rules, schema, default data and...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/08/2007
New Office 2007 courses from MS Learning
MS Learning has some free Office 2007 courses. In particular, here’s a What’s New course...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/05/2007
Digital Signatures: Layout Tricks
Folks frequently ask whether it is possible to customize the InfoPath user interface around digital...
Author: infopath1 Date: 01/03/2007
InfoPath Forms Services and AJAX
There's been lots of well-deserved hype lately around Web 2.0 and the technology that's fueling it,...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/22/2006
Using SQL Server 2005 Web Services with InfoPath
Here’s your problem: You want to use a stored procedure in a database to access your data...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/20/2006
Creating Complex InfoPath Controls in C#
One of the problems with InfoPath controls is their limited availability. For example, there is no...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/18/2006
Another Way of Sorting Repeating Data
If you have ever attempted to sort repeating node data (i.e. a Repeating Table or Repeating Section)...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/15/2006
Information Rights Management: Protecting Forms
In a recent post, we discussed ways to protect sensitive data in your InfoPath forms. This article...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/13/2006
Firing rules when removing InfoPath controls
The built-in support InfoPath offers for rules can be used to generate a relatively large and...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/11/2006
Two articles from the community
Making my Technorati rounds searching for InfoPath community content, I came across two very cool...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/08/2006
Sorting Repeating and Tabular Data
InfoPath is a great way to easily gather and present XML data to the masses. But what about...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/06/2006
XPath Powers: Calculating Totals
InfoPath makes it trivial to track totals for repeating structures, such as customer orders. Just...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/04/2006
New Office Online and MSDN Resources
Take a look new InfoPath-related resources that were recently published to MSDN and Office Online:...
Author: infopath1 Date: 12/01/2006
Debugging Browser Forms: Determine the right w3wp.exe
Last week, we posted an article on techniques around debugging browser forms. We received a few...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/29/2006
The xsi:nil attribute
Have you ever tried to programmatically set a value on a field only to get a “schema...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/28/2006
Conditional Default Values
Sometimes you want the default value of a field to be dependent upon a condition. However, there...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/27/2006
Debugging Browser Forms
Debugging InfoPath forms in the client environment is relatively simple: set a breakpoint, press F5...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/24/2006
Workflow user experience in InfoPath
Microsoft Office SharePoint workflow can be described as a series of tasks implemented with specific...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/22/2006
Web services are a peach, and then? UDDI!
I’ve been blogging quite a bit about the brave new world of data connection libraries and UDC files....
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/20/2006
InfoPathDev.com: Excellent InfoPath Resource
Shoutout to InfoPathDev.com - several of our product team alums are hosting an excellent resource...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/17/2006
Integrated Innovation: Access Data Collection
One of the major bets we continue to work on delivering is the notion of integrated innovation....
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/15/2006
Powerful Declarative Logic: Phone Number Parsing
When entering phone numbers in InfoPath, you can validate that it is a phone number easily enough...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/13/2006
Interesting InfoPath/SharePoint Blog
Shoutout to Kristof De Causemaeker - his blog has interesting articles on both InfoPath and...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/10/2006
Submitting to 'this' document library
Have you ever needed to develop an InfoPath form template that submits back to a SharePoint document...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/08/2006
Data binding between Document Information Panel and Word document
The Document Information Panel is a Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form that is hosted and displayed...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/06/2006
Two more cool InfoPath/SharePoint blogs
I found two more cool InfoPath resources.Shoutout to Christopher White, who has a couple...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/03/2006
Relinking forms and form templates
We often see issues when people move forms and templates from one location to another. In fact, the...
Author: infopath1 Date: 11/01/2006
The anatomy of a UDC file
OK, we’ve talked about super-fantastic high end authentication scenarios. We’ve talked about...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/30/2006
Awesome blog on InfoPath
I've been on a hunt for cool InfoPath-related blogs; well, I just found a gem. Shoutout to Liam...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/27/2006
Complex Data Validation
How do you test more than 5 parameters? How do you group parameters? One answer to both questions,...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/25/2006
Behind the Scenes of Administrator-Approved Form Templates
If you’re a server administrator for Microsoft Office InfoPath Forms Services 2007, there may...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/23/2006
Hosting InfoPath forms in a custom ASPX page
Many of you saw a detailed MSDN article on embedding an InfoPath XmlFormView control into a custom...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/21/2006
IE7 is here
Our friends from the Internet Explorer team are celebrating a major milestone - the release of...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/19/2006
Aggregation: and many became one...
In InfoPath 2003, forms were equipped to merge in a simple manner: repeating sections and tables...
Author: infopath1 Date: 10/19/2006