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

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

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

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