1. Joe Waldin – Roanoke, VA

2.  InfoPath Fundamentals ◦ What is InfoPath – Brief History ◦ What are Forms Services ◦ Controls ◦ Set-up ◦ Working with Data  Demonstration/Examples

3.  First introduced as part of Office 2003 suite ◦ Based solely on XML technology ◦ Specifically designed to edit XML data ◦ Built on W3C Standards  InfoPath 2003 Service Pack 1 ◦ Improved Integration  Web Service Support, ADO.NET Support ◦ Additional Tools  Format Painter Tool, Tables Toolbar

4.  InfoPath 2007 ◦ Application is NOT Required on Client PC ◦ Create “InfoPath-Only” or Browser-Only” Forms ◦ Improved “Managed Code” Support ◦ Expanded “Object Model” Programming Interface ◦ “Workflow” Integration – Outlook & SharePoint ◦ Tablet PC Support ◦ Sister Product - “InfoPath Forms Services”

5.  Allows Publishing InfoPath Forms to the WEB  Implemented as an ASP.NET Control ◦ Easily incorporate InfoPath forms into existing Web infrastructures. ◦ Form Control exposes various events between the control and the hosting web page. ◦ Analogous to Outlook Client & Outlook Web Access.

6.  Designing Forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2007 – Scott Roberts and Hagen Green  PRO InfoPath 2007 – Philo Janus  InfoPath Team Blog ◦ http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/ http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/  Microsoft Office Online ◦ http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/infopath/default.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/infopath/default.aspx

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