Pro InfoPath 2007 is an excellent book for developers trying to learn the scope and range of application forms that can be built with Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007. InfoPath is now in its 2nd generation and it enables the creation of rich desktop and web forms using XML technologies and allows gathering of structured, business-critical information. Together with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server 2007, InfoPath allows built-in integration with back-end processes, databases, and work flow, and provides developers with rich tools to build enterprise-wide forms solutions.
During the development and stabilization phase of InfoPath 2007, Philo worked closely with the product team to testfeatures, provide feedback on scenarios, and to build and apply solutions for the government and public sector. He haspoured all that experience in an engaging manner into this booka great read for every developer trying to learnInfoPath.
— Kamaljit Bath, Principal Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services
InfoPath enables users to design forms and publish them for use by other users. It combines the ease of use of Access forms with the enterprise scalability of a network-based platform. Microsofts goal with InfoPath is to get form design and maintenance out of the IT shop and onto the desktop, while maintaining the power of connecting to web services or a SQL Server. Since InfoPath is wholly XML-based, it is easy to introduce it into a heterogeneous enterprise environment &emdash; via web services InfoPath can act as the interface for any back end system. InfoPath 2007, coupled with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, adds the ability to deploy InfoPath forms in a web browser with no client side application. SharePoint and Office 2007 have leveraged InfoPath in many other ways &emdash; making InfoPath forms part of the workflow engine embedded in SharePoint, and using InfoPath forms to capture and maintain arbitrary metadata in Office documents.
Pro InfoPath 2007 was written so that developers can read it as an introduction to InfoPath 2007, as well as use it as a reference for common tasks. Targeted at developers, power users should also find a lot of value in this book to learn how to design and use forms in InfoPath.
This book will show form designers how to:
Use InfoPath to fill in electronic forms
Design and publish forms
Connect to data sources to read and publish data
Design and leverage the power of InfoPath views
Work with SharePoint form libraries to get the most out of InfoPath form data
Import existing Word and Excel forms into InfoPath
Create workflows with SharePoint Designer
Work with digital signatures
In addition, developers will learn how to:
Create an InfoPath form template based on a data connection or web service
Publish InfoPath form templates as content types
Create custom task panes for InfoPath forms
Understand SharePoint information management policies
Write .Net code behind InfoPath forms and browser forms
Create an add-in to extend the capabilities of InfoPath
Create a custom workflow for SharePoint, embedding InfoPath forms for gathering information
Build a .Net web service that InfoPath can connect to
Use Altovas XMLSpy to work with InfoPath form templates
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Book
This is a great book. It starts from the start all the way to very complicated coding. awesome.
Rating: - Worth the money
I just completed reading this book!!! This book covers basic Infopath as well as hardcore stuff related to InfoPath related Work Flows in Visual Studio. This book also takes you through hands own experimentation aswell which helps alot if you are new to InfoPath. I had a bit of exposure to Infopath, so it worked out for me really nice. This book is a good reference tool for InfoPath Software related help. I would recommend this to anyone who are interested in learning InfoPath.
Rating: - Whoa!
I wanted to learn InfoPath, I am having to learn alot about computer languages and formats. I thought this would help, yeah, no so much.
Rating: - "Pro InfoPath 2007" useful for technical and business people alike
There are all too many technical books that are heavy on theory and light on "how to", or start out in an introductory fashion and then suddenly venture into highly technical territory without including the necessary background information needed to understand the content.
In "Pro InfoPath 2007", Philo Janus neatly avoids these pitfalls. Since he's writing about a product with whom most readers may not be familiar, he first answers the vital question, "What IS InfoPath?" with a comprehensive ... Read More
Rating: - Again a lot of sales hype
Microsoft writes a lot of sales hype about how terrific a product is but rarely explains what a product can and cant do. After days of asking I have yet to find out what Infopath exactly does and what it is capable of. We have documents in our office. It would be a blessing if people could go to our website fill out a form and then email the data to us so that we could then merge that data into a word document. Simply recieve an email in outlook after a client has input data on our website and then merge ... Read More
- Great Book
- Whoa!
- Again a lot of sales hype
