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October 2005 - Posts

Calling the Outlook Address Book from InfoPath

Ok, so I'm no code slinger, but once in a while I get my hands dirty and write (more like customize existing) code. Many times I have to break the bad news to customers that Outlook as a forms tool linking to Public Folders is going the way of the dodo. Read More...
Posted Monday, October 31, 2005 8:25 PM by timpash | 1 Comments
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Another Useful Microsofter Blog

Folks, I don't know this individual directly, but he his a peer and he seems more developer oriented. His name is Philo Janus and his posts go a little deeper than mine into the realm of code-slinging. If that's your thing, then go here http://blogs.msdn.com/philoj/ Read More...
Posted Monday, October 31, 2005 6:30 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

Partner Solutions to Allow Thin Client Access to InfoPath Forms

This is a straight dump of my ongoing OneNote archive of partners that offer thin client access to InfoPath forms. It's disorganized, but so is the market, and when Office 12 comes out many of these solutions will be obsolete. What is VisionForms? InfoPath Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:42 PM by timpash | 1 Comments

Who are Strong Partners in the Mid-Atlantic Area for InfoPath?

In no particular order: Quilogy Omicron Xerox Global Services Internosis Allin Consulting RDA Consulting INS Vis.align ProActive - Eric A. Stein eric.stein@proactiveusa.com Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:37 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

JScript Sample That Finds Blank Rows and Removes Them

I had a solution that aggregated multiple XML posts in a SharePoint Form Library into one document. It was to consolidate multiple employee end of month reports into one big report. The problem was that many of the areas of the InfoPath form that were Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:23 PM by timpash | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Tools to Save InfoPath Forms as HTML

Using the HTML to XHTML Conversion Tool The Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Software Development Kit (SDK) HTML to XHTML conversion tool allows you to convert regular HTML into well-formed XHTML that can be edited in an InfoPath form. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ipsdk/html/ipsdkusingthehtmltoxhtmltool.asp Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:41 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

Who are InfoPath's Competitors?

In no particular order: Adobe Document Server, Adobe Reader MetaStorm PureEdge Cardiff Software - Liquid Office I'll edit this post as more come online. Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:31 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

Snippet on Traversing XML

A while ago I asked someone to explain to me when to use ".", "/" and the combination of both in order to get to where I want to be in the XML tree. This is what they sent me: You can continue to reference the node that you are listening on (using OnAfterChange) Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:19 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

Use of the Current() Function

One of the most annoying things that can happen in InfoPath is a problem that occurs when you are using Filtered Data to populate a second dropdown from the results picked in an initial dropdown in a repeating section or repeating table (a.k.a. cascading Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:38 AM by timpash | 0 Comments
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Retrieve username from logon environment.

The following is the most common code snippet I offer to people. The original authors are mentioned in the post below. http://www.infopathfaq.com INFOPATHFAQ010124 - from the web, can you pass a users login to a form? - 8 Comments - stephencummins - Mon, Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 2:18 PM by timpash | 1 Comments
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More advanced training available online.

So, if you are beyond the basics on XML and are ready to get your hands dirty, this series of labs available on the MSDN site is very good. I especially end up sending people to Lab 15, which does a very good job of showing how InfoPath can reach into Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 2:07 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

Random thoughts on security

In no particular order here are some thoughts about security. Thanks to Trustworthy Computing Initiatives, it's a royal pain to connect to outside datasources without triggering all kinds of annoying warnings. Even if you digitally sign a form with a Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 2:22 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

Most comprehensive book I know about.

This link takes you to an MSPress book that I'd recommend if you really want to get deep in the development aspects of InfoPath. http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/7128.asp Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 2:13 PM by timpash | 0 Comments

So you want to be an InfoPath God like me :-) ?

Well, it helps to have a good underpinning of XML. You don't need to be an XML guru to get started in InfoPath, but sooner or later you'll be dragged kicking and screaming into the world of schemas, XSLT's, XPath statements and the like. This link to Read More...
Posted Monday, October 17, 2005 2:00 PM by timpash | 1 Comments

Welcome!

Welcome to Tim Pash's Blog on InfoPath! I don't claim to be an expert in Blogging, but I am pretty good with InfoPath and I've accumulated a lot of good stuff over time that I'd like to share with folks. Please give me some time to catch up, but as I Read More...
Posted Friday, October 14, 2005 6:46 PM by timpash | 0 Comments
 
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