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.

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Very Good InfoPath Book - 2009-03-11
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This is a very good book on using InfoPath 2007. There aren't too many books out there on the application. I started out using one of Microsoft's books (Designing Forms for Microsoft Office InfoPath and Forms Services 2007 (Microsoft .NET Development Series)) but it was boring and did not have examples to walk through to re-enforce the information. What I really liked about this book is it gives an overview of the topic but then it backs the information up with exercises for you, the reader to complete. The only complaint I have is on one of the exercises I could not complete because it required a web service and the web service the book uses is not in service. I highly recommend this book over the Microsoft book. This book is for the power user and also for the developer. For the developer there are exercises developing using the InfoPath object model and creating workflows using Visual Studio. For the power user there are exercises creating form templates, publishing to various places (SharePoint, shared network, email, etc.) and creating workflows using SharePoint Designer.

Good Book - but not detailed enough to troubleshoot with - 2008-10-30
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I was hoping for a book that I could use as a reference guide for troubleshooting; this book is more of a how-to guide. Not a bad book for that; just not where I was going with it.

Great Book - 2008-10-06
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This is a great book. It starts from the start all the way to very complicated coding. awesome.

Return to School ! - 2009-08-14
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Again, this is an excellent beginners book for everyday learning...was in pristine condition and it's written for easy understanging !

Good view of the options in this powerful tool - 2009-05-19
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The first form I helped with was accomplished with the "help" that comes on the msdn site. This book helped me get a clear understanding of the options for creating browser forms vs non-browser forms and the tools that are not available in browser forms - this will help a lot when it comes to designing a form that is sent via email now, but that I may want to be browser based later and still work. The deployment options where clearly stated and I have a better high-level view of the product and how to fit it into our architecture.

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