"Microsoft Office InfoPath represents a revolutionary leap in XML technologies and a new paradigm for gathering business-critical information. I am delighted that Scott Roberts and Hagen Green, two distinguished members of the InfoPath product team, decided to share their experience in this book."

--From the Foreword by Jean Paoli, cocreator of XML 1.0 and Microsoft Office InfoPath

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 offers breakthrough tools for gathering, managing, and integrating business-critical information, and creating efficient forms-driven processes. Two longtime members of Microsoft's InfoPath product team have written the first comprehensive, hands-on guide to building successful XML-based solutions with InfoPath 2007.

The book opens with a practical primer on the fundamentals of InfoPath form template design for information workers and application developers at all levels of experience. It then moves into advanced techniques for customizing, integrating, and extending form templates--with all the code examples and detail needed by professional developers.

Learn how to:

• Design form templates: create blank form templates, insert and customize controls, use advanced formatting, and construct and lay out views

• Work with data: start with XML data or schema, manually edit data sources, and understand design-time visuals

• Add custom business logic to forms, and integrate them with other applications

• Retrieve and query data from external data sources, including XML files, databases, SharePoint lists, Web services, and ADO.NET DataSets

• Submit and receive form data using ADO.NET

• Save, preview, and publish to e-mail, SharePoint, and more

• Build reusable components with template parts

• Create workflows with SharePoint and InfoPath E-Mail Forms

• Administer Forms Services and Web-enabled form templates

• Build advanced form templates using C# form code, custom controls, add-ins, and the new InfoPath 2007 managed object model

• Design form templates using Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)

• Update, secure, and optimize your form templates

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
About the Authors

PART I: Designing Forms
Chapter 1: Introduction to InfoPath 2007
Chapter 2: Basics of InfoPath Form Design
Chapter 3: Working with Data
Chapter 4: Advanced Controls and Customization
Chapter 5: Adding Logic without Code
Chapter 6: Retrieving Data from External Sources
Chapter 7: Extended Features of Data Connections
Chapter 8: Submitting Form Data
Chapter 9: Saving and Publishing
Chapter 10: Building Reusable Components
Chapter 11: Security and Deployment
Chapter 12: Creating Reports
Chapter 13: Workflow
Chapter 14: Introduction to Forms Services
Part II: Advanced Form Design
Chapter 15: Writing Code in InfoPath
Chapter 16: Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Chapter 17: Advanced Forms Services
Chapter 18: Hosting InfoPath
Chapter 19: Building Custom Controls Using ActiveX Technologies
Chapter 20: Add-ins
Chapter 21: Importers and Exporters
Appendix: Further Reading
Index 

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 13 Ratings

Perfect Book - 2009-02-13
Reviewer Rating:
This book is exactly what I needed - we're interested in using InfoPath as part of an electronic document routing system NOT using SharePoint. A lot of resources out there combine IP with SharePoint, so this book is really good for people looking at alternative ways to use/deploy InfoPath. I took a 2-day intro class to IP and this book is taking me the rest of the way - it covers all the advanced features and topics, and includes lots of insider tips and tricks that an inexperienced user like me would spend ages finding out on my own. Incredibly comprehensive, easy to read and concise.

Good book for InfoPath - 2008-10-07
Reviewer Rating:
The book is very informative. The only problem I see is there should be a CD with the book. The CD should have tutorials and an e-book. Thank you.

Great book! - 2009-10-06
Reviewer Rating:
These books especially this title are the only alternative to studying for the exam or subject you need to get familiar with. This book is as close as you can get to the "step by step" books by Microsoft. It explains things in lamens terms but also does not oversimplify either. FYI do not get the "Training Kit" books by microsoft unless your buying them for the CD's. The "Training Kit" books do a very bad job in explaining stuff.The "Training Kits" by Microsoft are for people who are considered genius by IQ standards or people who are already familiar with the subject and want to refine their skills.

You have to constantly stop every two sentences to look up vocabulary and can get easily lost. These Microsoft .Net Development Series books are a great alternative to the Step by Step books by Microsoft.I guess I could give this book five stars since there is no "Step by Step" series on this subject. I hope this article helps people out.

Lots of information in one book - 2009-05-11
Reviewer Rating:
This book is good for people with prior programming or that are highly efficient at the Microsoft Office Suite. I haven't been able to locate a manual on Infopath for dumbies, or for someone who doesn't know programming. The product is good, but it's not for beginners for sure.

best book so far - 2008-06-19
Reviewer Rating:
we have several InfoPath developers books at my office and this is the only one people use. I don't think it's perfect, but it is by far the best you're going to find out there, so I'll give it five stars until something better comes along.

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