April 2004 - Posts
InfoPath has a really powerful feature to allow users to create their own custom controls for InfoPath forms using Microsoft's ActiveX technology. One requirement that is essential for controls to work as expected in InfoPath is that the controls must
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Want to export your InfoPath form view to a Microsoft Office Word document? The easiest way to do this is to export your InfoPath form to an MHT file using File | Export To | Web... while filling out your form. Then, just open the MHT file in Microsoft
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When writing script in the Microsoft Script Editor (MSE), you can quickly locate help on the InfoPath Object Model by positioning the cursor on a keyword (object, method, property) and hitting F1. This can save browsing through help. (We weren't able
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InfoPath provides two controls which saves pictures inside the XML form (rather than linking to it). When trying to process this XML file outside of InfoPath, you will need to translate the data back into the image binary. InfoPath picture control data
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While the InfoPath 2003 SP-1 object model is quite extensive, it doesn’t provide all the functionality that is exposed through the InfoPath menus and toolbars. However, you are not limited by that fact. Using the CommandBars object, you can access
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The final version of InfoPath Hands-on Labs has been posted on MSDN . The labs provide an overview of InfoPath 2003 and SP1 features, and are divided into the following topics: Editing forms and working with form data Creating forms and layout Form deployment
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InfoPath provides a rich and complete set of generic built-in controls in both 1.0 and SP-1, but there are some cases where there is a need for a control that is specific to your form or to your organization. InfoPath SP-1 provides functionality to let
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InfoPath supports two methods on the View OM object - " SelectText " for data entry controls and " SelectNodes " for structural controls - in order to enable programmatic selection. Data entry controls that can be programmatically selected (using View.SelectText):
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Applies To : Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 SP-1 Preview InfoPath SP-1 introduces a number of exciting new built-in controls. One of which is the Master/Detail control. After InfoPath 2003 was released, one of the most common questions on the InfoPath
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Creating a Multi-Select List Box in InfoPath SP1 Preview While InfoPath does not include a multi-select list box control, it is possible to create one using the controls present in InfoPath SP1 Preview: Like all form design decisions in InfoPath, the
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Very often customers ask how they can enable Cuneiform entry in forms being deployed to their overseas customers. One of the exciting additions in the upcoming service pack is Antediluvian Syllabary support. With this feature, users will be able enter
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A common question that was asked when people started using the initial InfoPath release was, “How can I distribute a form template to other people through email?” In InfoPath V1, this was difficult because once you saved or published a form
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