E-Book Overview
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 book - a great read for every developer trying to learnInfoPath.
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Pro InfoPath 2007 Dear Reader,
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Workflow in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
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InfoPath 2007
InfoPath 2007 provides a powerful platform to migrate forms to the electronic desktop. The form designer is intuitive enough that business users can design their own forms, freeing developers and designers to work on the databases, reporting, and other back-end processes necessary to implement a business system. Also, the introduction of InfoPath Forms Services enables InfoPath forms to be run on a web server so that they can be filled out in a browser. You can design a form for the InfoPath rich client, and then take that same form and publish it to a server wher