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  XML.com: XForms and Microsoft InfoPath
InfoPath appears on the surface to be similar in functionality to several of the
InfoPath is strongly based on W3C XML Schema (WXS), and the application maintains a WXS instance for the main XML data.
InfoPath will refuse to open a form if the template XML is not valid according to the specified schema.
www.xml.com /pub/a/2003/10/29/infopath.html   (1738 words)

  
 InfoPath Team Blog
InfoPath is no exception, and when you make clever use of the new features, you'll want to make sure that users understand how your form is supposed to work.
Note that this method works in InfoPath 2003 and 2007, but this tutorial will walk you through the steps in for InfoPath 2007 - the UI is slightly different in 2003, but you can still make it work.
In InfoPath, there is a Main DOM on which the form is based and Secondary DOMs which hold data received from Receive Data Connections.
blogs.msdn.com /infopath   (8101 words)

  
  Parallelspace Corporation - Microsoft InfoPath
InfoPath 2003 is a new program in the Microsoft Office System that can help you gather information flexibly and efficiently in rich, dynamic forms.
InfoPath is just one example of how the Microsoft Office System is an integral part of both formal and informal business processes in increasingly connected organizations.
InfoPath will be available as a single full packaged product as well as part of the Microsoft Office 2003 Suite full packaged product and other Microsoft customer and partner licensing programs.
www.parallelspace.net /infopath   (441 words)

  
 O'Reilly Network: Getting Started with Microsoft InfoPath 2003
InfoPath 2003 is a useful tool for collecting data, especially in organizations where there is a need to integrate several applications together.
Infopath is availible standalone as eOpen License only or as part of Office 2003 Premium Enterprise edition.
Infopath does let you make simply data entry apps in a pure GUI fashion in a mere hour, but as you can see it has some severe shortcomings.
www.oreillynet.com /pub/a/javascript/2003/12/09/infopath.html   (1729 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
InfoPath is the “premier smart client” for XML Web services—a user-friendly application that enables information workers at their desktops to use XML Web services to access and use enterprise information.
InfoPath provides individuals and organizations with more flexibility than is available in current digital formats, enabling a level of inter-application and inter-process integration that has never before been so easy to achieve.
InfoPath also automatically converts control labels from their unfriendly schema format names (such as “FirstName”) to a human readable format (“First Name”) after drag-and-drop of an element from the data source into the view.In InfoPath design mode, right-click on the control to be converted.
iwce.calanza.com /content/InfoPathGuide.doc   (9798 words)

  
 InfoPath Dev: Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
InfoPath Dev is dedicated to bringing you the information and tools you need to be successful in your Microsoft Office InfoPath development projects.
Infopath forces it to be in the datasource, and makes it required.
If I extract the Infopath document as a collection of files and then modify the relevant XSD file so that the attribute is 'optional' and then reopen the Infopath document in design mode, the uniqueidentifier field still shows as a mandatory item and I am unable to change the mandatory field setting.
www.infopathdev.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39   (425 words)

  
 Introduction to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
InfoPath 2003's support for Web services allows you to create forms based on XML data that can be retrieved and submitted using Web services, creating a rich client interface for Web services' XML data.
InfoPath 2003 is different from tools like Access and.NET in that, technically speaking, tools like Access and.NET are used for storing and reporting structured and relational data, and InfoPath 2003 is used for semi-structured data.
In fact, InfoPath 2003's power lies in its ease-of-use (it doesn't necessarily take a developer to set up and deploy a form), its rich interface, and its ability to easily create generic XML data that can be integrated into other systems.
www.devx.com /codemag/Article/18209   (908 words)

  
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Most already understood the basic interoperability benefits of these technologies, but it wasn't until the release of InfoPath 2003 that they were able to visualize how members across their organizations could tap into their XML resources.
One new way to extend the functionality of InfoPath forms is through support for ActiveX® controls, which allows you to take advantage of the wide variety of UI controls developed in the COM era.
InfoPath 2003 SP1 is packed with new features, many of which make it possible for developers to build more usable, secure, and powerful solutions that are easier to maintain over time.
msdn.microsoft.com /msdnmag/issues/04/06/XMLFiles/default.aspx   (3161 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Microsoft InfoPath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Microsoft Infopath is a tool used to develop XML based user forms that can be distributed through a network so that user information can be quickly and easily obtained and stored.
Infopath may be used in conjunction with Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server to provide users with rich contextual forms for typical reporting situations such as Status Reporting, Travel Expense, and other functions.
Form and Data Validation - InfoPath provides several methods of data validation to insure accurate data entry by the users.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Microsoft-InfoPath   (310 words)

  
 Microsoft moves ahead on XDocs | CNET News.com
InfoPath will use XML to allow office workers to create electronic forms that will automatically share data with other documents and back-end business systems.
InfoPath also runs counter to XForms, an XML-based electronic forms standard being developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, the group charged with setting industry standards for Web functions.
InfoPath is slated to debut by midyear in conjunction with Office 11, Microsoft said.
news.com.com /2100-1001-983823.html   (812 words)

  
 .NET Magazine - SQL Connection - Send Data Down the InfoPath
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 (formerly "XDocs") is a forms-based XML-editing application that lets ordinary Windows users generate well-formed and validated XML documents in a familiar, Office-like environment (see Resources).
InfoPath's primary selling point is its simplicity: Creating a form template by dragging fields from the Data Sources task pane to an empty form-design canvas is a quick and easy process.
InfoPath, which runs only under Windows XP or 2000+, bases a form template on an arbitrary XML Schema Definition (XSD) file or a schema that the application infers from a sample XML document.
www.ftponline.com /dotnetmag/2003_07/magazine/columns/sqlconnection   (914 words)

  
 Cover Pages: Microsoft and ACORD Use InfoPath for Linking Insurance Forms to XML Web Services.
InfoPath utilizes XML and XML-based Web services to enable insurance agencies to complete forms once and then link the data to other forms, databases, back-end systems and applications.
InfoPath will be available as part of Microsoft's most popular Office suite for businesses, Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Enterprise Edition, with standalone versions available via retail outlets, volume licensing and OEM channels.
InfoPath was built from the ground up to work natively with XML and support customer-defined schemas that are based on the W3C XML Schema (XSD) standard.
xml.coverpages.org /ni2003-05-23-b.html   (2029 words)

  
 Office Developer Center: InfoPath Developer Portal
InfoPath 2003 is a new application in the Microsoft Office System that helps you gather information in rich, dynamic forms.
If you worked with InfoPath you must know about processing instructions that it uses to treat an XML file as an InfoPath form.
I'm a Development Lead on InfoPath and over the last five or so years, my team and I have worked on making InfoPath a great platform for developers.
msdn.microsoft.com /office/understanding/infopath/default.aspx   (710 words)

  
 InfoPath 2003 Product Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Information collected with InfoPath 2003 can be integrated with a broad range of business processes because InfoPath 2003 supports any customer-defined Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema and integrates with Web services.
As a result, InfoPath 2003 can help you connect directly to organizational information and then act on it, which leads to greater business impact.
InfoPath 2003 is just one example of how the Microsoft Office System is an integral part of both formal and informal business processes in increasingly connected organizations.
www.microsoft.com /office/infopath/prodinfo/overview.mspx   (345 words)

  
 Will firms balk at Microsoft's program? | CNET News.com
The purpose of InfoPath, and the new Office suite as a whole, is "to create documents that are intrinsically structured but (to hide) the complexity of that structure as much as possible," said Jupiter Research analyst David Schatsky.
Microsoft hopes to use InfoPath as a means of bringing much of the power back to the desktop, where many Office documents are generated and stored.
InfoPath "tends to elevate the value of data (that) end users create and...store on their desktops by making the structure more implicit and easier to use with other applications," Schatsky said.
news.com.com /2100-1012-991303.html   (1580 words)

  
 InfoPath Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
InfoPath is a cool tool in that it packages up XML data nice and tidy with its own schema, allowing the developer to do practically anything with that data he or she needs to do.
I thought InfoPath would be a wonderful transitioning experience for my users as we move from web-based apps to rich-client winform apps in the months ahead.
And while InfoPath is marketed as a tool that any administrative assistant can use to crank out forms and move XML throughout the enterprise, that is not a realistic appraisal of its use at all.
weblogs.asp.net /dburke/archive/2004/02/16/73578.aspx   (960 words)

  
 CRN | News | Office Server Salvo
An InfoPath server, which would ease forms distribution among far-flung users, likely will be just one in a series of server-side offerings carrying the Office moniker.
InfoPath's goal is to bring back-end data into desktop applications in an electronic-form format.
The problem was that InfoPath, which debuted in October 2003, is a discrete application, and routing forms around organizations is difficult.
www.crn.com /sections/news/top_news.jhtml?articleId=49900500   (730 words)

  
 CRN | Updated InfoPath To Get Ink
InfoPath 2003, part of the Microsoft Office System family, will get support for handwritten input, digital signatures and managed code, Microsoft said.
InfoPath is an electronic forms application that links popular desktop applications with back-end server-based data.
"In the past when you created InfoPath solutions, there were things you needed to do that you had to do in code that you now won't have to do in code, you just use standard InfoPath controls," he noted.
www.crn.com /showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18826345&flatPage=true   (468 words)

  
 Microsoft Renames Electronic Forms Software
InfoPath forms are designed for basic entry of information aiming to make it simple for physicians to deliver information to different parts of healthcare administration networks.
InfoPath will seamless convert basic data entry into XML, which is expected to enable employees to make electronic forms that will share medical data with different documents and data backup systems.
Microsoft says InfoPath is scheduled to hit the market by the middle of this year as part of the release of Office 11.
www.internetnews.com /ent-news/article.php/1581821   (684 words)

  
 ongoing · Infopath
cnet says that Microsoft won't be including Infopath (formerly known as XDocs) in the basic MS Office bundle.
It seems to me that Infopath is all about enabling business apps that are slicker and more responsive than pure Web apps and at the same time are built around nice open declarative XML.
If Infopath were part of the basic Office bundle, then everyone would have it and this wouldn't be an issue.
tbray.org /ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/01/Infopath   (275 words)

  
 Visual Studio Magazine - Use InfoPath With VS.NET 2003
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP-1) is an exception—it includes a full-scale upgrade of Microsoft's innovative XML-based data gathering and structural editing application.
InfoPath SP-1 adds more than a dozen new declarative form design and deployment features to InfoPath 1.0.
InfoPath SP-1 is a standalone version that doesn't require Office 2003 or the InfoPath 2003 release version.
www.ftponline.com /vsm/2004_05/magazine/features/rjennings   (530 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Beginning InfoPath 2003 (Programmer to Programmer): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
InfoPath is a new journey for both users and developers.
If you need to get up-to-speed on InfoPath quickly, this book can be lightly read in no more than 2 days and used as a guide and reference from there.
InfoPath was designed to comply with standards/laws that address privacy like HIPPA, which make deployment "lots of fun".
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764579487?v=glance   (1350 words)

  
 Scripting with InfoPath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The InfoPath security model is similar to that used by Internet Explorer browser; it uses the concept of trusted versus standard forms.
To use an InfoPath form, InfoPath must have access to the template on which the form is based.
InfoPath provides a command-line utility called RegForm that you use to convert a standard form into a trusted form.
www.windowsitlibrary.com /Content/888/06/1.html   (3358 words)

  
 Serve InfoPath Documents Dynamically
An InfoPath XML document is marked with a processing instruction (PI) just like other Office 2003 XML documents.
The InfoPath document also has a PI (mso-infoPathSolution) that ties the XML document to a form that is capable of editing the file.
I am not able to creat the infopath form programeticaly what is the best way to create form through coding can some one give a simple wxample like creating text box on the microsoft infopath
geekswithblogs.net /drewby/archive/2004/01/15/1322.aspx   (1411 words)

  
 InfoPath 2003
InfoPath 2003 is one of the new additions to the Microsoft Office 2003 system that provides a dynamic forms based environment that allows business data to be collected and managed in XML without requiring end user knowledge of XML.
InfoPath also allows the organizations to easily create rich and dynamic forms using the WYSIWYG interface that supports features such as offline editing, rich formatting, spell checking and so on.
InfoPath also enables you to bind repeating controls to external data sources for automatic population of the control.
www.developer.com /net/net/article.php/3073041   (1000 words)

  
 Infopath training courses - learn Microsoft Infopath - UK training
Information collected with InfoPath 2003 can be integrated with a broad range of business processes because InfoPath 2003 supports any customer-defined Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema and integrates with Web services.
As a result, InfoPath 2003 can help you connect directly to organizational information and then act on it, which leads to greater business impact plus so much more...
We realise that Infopath courses and documentation cannot address every situation a user may eventually encounter.
www.systematix.co.uk /infopath-training-courses.htm   (446 words)

  
 PCWorld.com - Say Hello to InfoPath
Microsoft will release InfoPath this summer, in the same time frame as Office 11--the code name for the next release of its market-dominating productivity suite.
InfoPath users will be able to create form-like documents that collect data and deliver it to XML-compatible databases or other back-end systems.
Microsoft has yet to release InfoPath pricing details, nor has it announced if InfoPath will be available as part of one or more Office editions.
www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,109279,00.asp   (356 words)

  
 O'Reilly - Safari Books Online - 0321410599 - Designing Forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2007
The book opens with a practical primer on the fundamentals of InfoPath form template design for information workers and application developers at all levels of experience.
This is the first InfoPath book I have found answers every question I have had about InfoPath.
The beauty of this book is although it does cover a lot of the technical side of InfoPath it also deals with some of the simpler solutions that are best achieved with just the InfoPath designer and declarative logic.
safari.oreilly.com /0321410599   (1151 words)

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