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Debugging Browser Forms: Determine the right w3wp.exe

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:32 AM by infopath
Last week, we posted an article on techniques around debugging browser forms. We received a few questions around the recommended way to find the right w3wp.exe process to attach to - this article aims to help. Non-production Server (where you can do anything Read More...
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The xsi:nil attribute

Posted Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:39 AM by infopath
Have you ever tried to programmatically set a value on a field only to get a “schema validation” error? Many times, this error is caused by the “nillable” attribute being present on the node. The nillable attribute is a special attribute that can appear Read More...
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Conditional Default Values

Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 5:56 AM by infopath
Sometimes you want the default value of a field to be dependent upon a condition. However, there isn’t any direct functionality to support IF statements in the default values of fields. Substituting a rule for a default value only gets you so far, as Read More...
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Attachment(s): ConditionalDefaultValues.xsn

Debugging Browser Forms

Posted Friday, November 24, 2006 8:11 AM by infopath
Debugging InfoPath forms in the client environment is relatively simple: set a breakpoint, press F5 and execute the process that will cause the breakpoint to be hit. However, debugging InfoPath forms that are opened in the browser requires some additional Read More...
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Workflow user experience in InfoPath

Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:08 AM by infopath
Microsoft Office SharePoint workflow can be described as a series of tasks implemented with specific business needs to help people manage their project tasks. In Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, we provide the workflows user experience for InfoPath forms. Read More...
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Web services are a peach, and then? UDDI!

Posted Monday, November 20, 2006 6:56 AM by infopath
I’ve been blogging quite a bit about the brave new world of data connection libraries and UDC files. A data connection library is the recommended way to expose data connections for use in enterprise InfoPath forms. Users can easily select an appropriate Read More...
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InfoPathDev.com: Excellent InfoPath Resource

Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 6:47 AM by infopath
Shoutout to InfoPathDev.com - several of our product team alums are hosting an excellent resource for the InfoPath developer community. Lots of great content there: sample form templates , very lively forums , and walkthroughs . My personal favorites: Read More...
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Integrated Innovation: Access Data Collection

Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:53 AM by infopath
One of the major bets we continue to work on delivering is the notion of integrated innovation. Across Office, we have applications that are great at certain tasks and one of our jobs is to try and bring those great technologies together to make a fantastic Read More...
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Powerful Declarative Logic: Phone Number Parsing

Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:32 AM by infopath
When entering phone numbers in InfoPath, you can validate that it is a phone number easily enough (Data Validation->field1 “matches pattern” Phone number), but what do you do if the input does not match that pattern? Asking users to exactly enter the Read More...
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Attachment(s): PhoneNumberFormatting.xsn

Interesting InfoPath/SharePoint Blog

Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 10:47 AM by infopath
Shoutout to Kristof De Causemaeker - his blog has interesting articles on both InfoPath and SharePoint; couple particularly cool posts: 1) Great walkthrough on template parts, new InfoPath 2007 feature that allows you to modularize components of your Read More...
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Submitting to 'this' document library

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:03 AM by infopath
Have you ever needed to develop an InfoPath form template that submits back to a SharePoint document library but you did not initially know the server or library name when developing the form? Or have a scenario where your InfoPath form template could Read More...
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Data binding between Document Information Panel and Word document

Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 6:39 AM by infopath
The Document Information Panel is a Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form that is hosted and displayed in a Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 document. It enables users to view and edit properties Read More...
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Two more cool InfoPath/SharePoint blogs

Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 9:32 AM by infopath
I found two more cool InfoPath resources. Shoutout to Christopher White, who has a couple code-intensive InfoPath-SharePoint articles in his blog . Particularly interesting: 1) Walkthrough on setting up a pretty complex workflow using InfoPath and Office Read More...
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Relinking forms and form templates

Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:24 AM by infopath
We often see issues when people move forms and templates from one location to another. In fact, the linked nature of InfoPath forms and templates is probably one of the hardest aspects of InfoPath to understand. While the complexities can sometimes seem Read More...
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