Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath 2010 Presented by Mark Grimes Principal Consultant Microsoft Infrastructure Practice Sogeti, USA LLC

2 Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath Agenda ♠ What it is  Not everything there is to know about InfoPath, but what is below… ♠ What’s New ♠ SharePoint Integration ♠ SharePoint List Forms and DIP ♠ Mashups ♠ Real World Examples and Best Practices from the Trenches ♠ Resources and References  Cool Forms 

3 Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath 2010 Audience Discussion Discussion What do you think it can do? How do you, could you, would you, use it? in 3 minutes or less…

4 Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath – What it is ♠ What do you know about InfoPath?  Visual Layout  Themes  Table  Layout  Form Logic  Rules  Custom Code  Data Connections  Binding  External Data

5 Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath – What’s New? ♠ Quick Design Forms –Designer Backstage ♠ Pre-built Page and Section Layouts ♠ New Controls  Picture Buttons  Hyperlink capabilities –Allow users to insert their own hyperlinks when filling out forms.  Date and time picker – Allow users to insert dates and times in their forms  Person/Group pickers – Updated! This is now a first class control and is included by default in the Controls gallery.  Signature Line (Editor Only) – Allow users to digitally sign a form ♠ Controls and functions now supported in Browser forms  Bulleted, numbered, and plain lists, multiple selection list boxes, Combo boxes, Choice group and sections, and Filtering functionality. ♠ New out of the box rules and Management UI ♠ Digital Signatures

6 Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath – SharePoint Integration ♠ Document Information Panel ♠ SharePoint Lists  Data Connections  Query Fields  New support for complex field types, not just single line  Data no longer tied to default list view  Must upgrade connection to work, but will no longer work in IP 2007  Package and Reuse! ♠ Form Library Forms ♠ SharePoint InfoPath WebPart ♠ REST Web Services ♠ SharePoint Workspace

7 Local Touch – Global Reach InfoPath – MashUps ♠ What is a Mashup?  It’s all about Web parts…SharePoint provides the glue  Web Parts in the box  InfoPath form - Enterprise Version Only  Excel services  Chart  List views  Visio web access  Data view  Silverlight  Custom… ♠ Design Patterns  Connection Oriented and List-Oriented ♠ InfoPath Forms in Popup dialogs (ShowPopupDialog method) ♠ Use InfoPath to create rich connected Web Parts

8 Local Touch – Global Reach SharePoint 2010 Overview Q & A

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