December 2006 - Posts
There's been lots of well-deserved hype lately around Web 2.0 and the technology that's fueling it, AJAX. We're receiving lots of questions such as "do InfoPath browser forms support AJAX?". The answer is more complex than just yes :-); this article aims
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Here’s your problem: You want to use a stored procedure in a database to access your data through InfoPath, but you don’t really want to have to write script for every query to change the stored procedure’s query parameters. We’ve all been there. Well,
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One of the problems with InfoPath controls is their limited availability. For example, there is no such control like the NumericUpDown control in WinForms. Or you may have a predefined complex UI, which you want use multiple times. In these circumstances,
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If you have ever attempted to sort repeating node data (i.e. a Repeating Table or Repeating Section) on an InfoPath form, you will find this functionality is not available through the UI. However, using .NET classes you can easily implement a sorting
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In a recent post , we discussed ways to protect sensitive data in your InfoPath forms. This article will drill down on one of these mechanisms - Information Rights Management, a.k.a. IRM. InfoPath 2007 features the ability to set permissions on both the
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The built-in support InfoPath offers for rules can be used to generate a relatively large and powerful set of conditions that trigger a rule action. There are some scenarios though were the default options available through the condition builder may not
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Making my Technorati rounds searching for InfoPath community content, I came across two very cool articles: 1) InfoPath 2007, Forms Server, MOSS 2007 by Sahil Malik: start from a Word form, publish it to be filled out in the browser, play with the content
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InfoPath is a great way to easily gather and present XML data to the masses. But what about efficiently presenting a massive amount data? Tons of data (e.g., a list of hundreds product names) usually find their ways into lists that we’ll find on SharePoint,
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InfoPath makes it trivial to track totals for repeating structures, such as customer orders. Just create a repeating table of line items, and sum up the totals for individual line items. However, sometimes, totals for line items may not be available;
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Take a look new InfoPath-related resources that were recently published to MSDN and Office Online: 1) The official " What's new in InfoPath 2007 " review - excellent way to get to know new stuff that's coming with Office 2007. 2) A series of video walkthroughs
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