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Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:11 PM

Adding an InfoPath Editor Control to a Windows Form

One of the new features of InfoPath 2007 is the ability to integrate the InfoPath editor into Windows Forms. Within Visual Studio this is done using the Microsoft.InfoPath.FormControl.dll assembly. In this example using Visual Studio 2008, we will create
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:18 AM

InfoPath: Accessing template file data

The XMLForm class of the InfoPath managed code objects model provides properties, methods and events to access the XML data in the underlying XML document and form information that includes the form definition file (.xsf). For example, using the following
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Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:09 PM

InfoPath 2007 and the Logic Inspector

It’s a double edged sword, InfoPath makes it easy to enter logic and rules that control your form template. The problem is that many times you have dependencies within a form that make it hard to troubleshoot. This often leads to a very manual process
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:12 AM

Still have users with InfoPath 2003

While InfoPath 2007 has some great new features I am sure that you have users that still running InfoPath 2007. One feature of InfoPath 2007 is the ability to save InfoPath 2007 forms backwards compatible to InfoPath 2003. To use this feature make sure
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:50 AM

InfoPath 2007 and the Multi Select List Box

The Multiple Selection List box is a new control for InfoPath 2007. As the name implies this control enables form users to select more than one option when completing a form. In this example we will take a look at how this control can be used. Create
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Friday, August 31, 2007 11:42 AM

Importing an Excel Spreadsheet using InfoPath 2007 (Simple Example)

Not only does InfoPath 2007 allow you to import a Word document but also an Excel spreadsheet. Create the Excel Sheet In Excel select the File – New and select the Time Sheet Template Once the worksheet is created save it to a directory on your machine
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Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:17 PM

Importing a Word Document using InfoPath 2007 (Simple Example)

InfoPath 2007 has a nice feature that allows the importing of Word documents. Many times you may have existing Word forms that you use within your company. Moving these documents from Word to InfoPath may seem difficult. In this simple example we will
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Friday, March 02, 2007 3:38 PM

InfoPath 2007 Sample: Training Labs

Trying to learn more about InfoPath 2007? Check out this download contains for the supporting files for the series of InfoPath 2007 Training Labs . Use these files contained in this download to complete the labs requiring additional files. <<Available
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Tuesday, August 02, 2005 8:14 AM

Exploring the Choice Group

Many times when designing an InfoPath form we need to provide users the ability to select different sections or choices for their data entry. One of the benefits of InfoPath is that we can make these sections mutually exclusive using Choice groups. With
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Monday, July 18, 2005 2:58 PM

The art of dynamic required fields

Required fields are an important part of any InfoPath form. They are used to ensure that the form contains the necessary data elements to adequately describe a complete entity or business process. Typically, this is done at the field level during the
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Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:43 AM

InfoPath and the File Upload Control

InfoPath provides a variety of controls that can be used during form design. One of these controls is the file upload. It enables the direct inclusion of documents within an InfoPath form. Also, it provides the ability to directly browse the local file
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Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:55 PM

Showing the Count

Question: I am trying to build an InfoPath form that has a bit of a strange requirement. I can’t quite figure out how I should do it and was hoping that you might be able to help? Basically, the requirements of the form require that we provide an ongoing
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Thursday, June 16, 2005 11:12 PM

Submitting Forms with Email

InfoPath provides a variety of ways to submit completed forms. One of the ways that InfoPath provides is through email. However, it is important to remember that this is considered out of process workflow. For example, if the person receiving the email
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Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:21 PM

Practical Views with InfoPath

Views are an important part of developing InfoPath forms. Their use enables the presentation of data from the underlying data structures in a variety of formats. The use of Switch Views is an important part of forms development when using multiple views.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:56 PM

Promoting InfoPath fields

Question : In looking at this example you posted about expression boxes I had a few questions. We need the totals to display in the Sharepoint view. I'm under the impression the expression values are calculated on the fly when the form is opened. If that
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