Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 is an information-gathering program included in the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system. With Office InfoPath 2007, you can create and deploy electronic forms solutions to gather information efficiently and reliably.

You can also use the InfoPath Forms Services capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to extend your business processes beyond your corporate firewall, delivering forms as Microsoft Office Outlook e-mail messages, Web browser forms, or forms for mobile devices.

Downloads

• Download: InfoPath 2007 Managed Object Model Poster


• Download: Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition (VSTO 2005 SE)


• Sample: InfoPath 2007 Training Labs


• Sample: Managing Task Panes in Word 2007 and InfoPath 2007 Using VSTO 2005 SE


• Sample: Using IOLECommands with the InfoPath Form Control


• Update: Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office - InfoPath 2007 Beta Support

Technical Articles

• White Paper: Developing InfoPath 2007 Managed-Code Solutions
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes the Contact Selector control, an ActiveX control that can be used on your Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 workflow forms. The Contact Selector control enables users to specify contacts, either users or groups, and have that contact information validated. The Contact Selector control is also included in Office Professional 2007.
• Designing Form Templates with the New Features of InfoPath 2007 (MSDN Magazine)


• Guide to InfoPath 2007 Developer Documentation


• Welcome to the InfoPath 2007 Developer Reference


• Hosting the InfoPath 2007 Form Editing Environment in a Custom Web Form


• Hosting the InfoPath 2007 Form Editing Environment in a Custom Windows Form Application


• InfoPath Designer API for Integrating InfoPath 2007 into Visual Studio 2005


• Managing Task Panes in Multiple Word and InfoPath Documents


• Overview of the InfoPath Designer API for Integrating InfoPath 2007 into Visual Studio 2005
• Creating Custom Task Panes Using Visual Studio Tools for Office
• Creating Office 2007 Custom Task Panes
• Extending the Office (2007) Fixed-Format Export Feature

InfoPath 2007 Training Labs

Get step-by-step training and downloadable samples illustrating InfoPath 2007 features.

• InfoPath 2007 Training Lab Files Download


• Lab 1: Publishing an InfoPath 2007 Form Template to a Server Running InfoPath Forms Services


• Lab 2: Deploying and Managing InfoPath 2007 Forms


• Lab 3: Integrating InfoPath 2007 with the Data Connection Library


• Lab 4: Enabling Digital Signatures in InfoPath 2007 Form Templates


• Lab 5: Importing Word Forms into InfoPath 2007


• Lab 6: Using InfoPath 2007 E-mail Forms


• Lab 7: Restricting Permissions to InfoPath 2007 Forms and Form Templates


• Lab 8: Using the InfoPath 2007 Object Model and Visual Studio Tools for Applications


• Lab 9: Designing InfoPath 2007 Forms for Mobile Web Browsers


• Lab 10: Creating and Inserting InfoPath 2007 Template Parts


• Lab 11: Integrating InfoPath 2007 Forms in Web Sites Using Visual Studio


• Lab 12: Using SharePoint Server Workflows with InfoPath 2007

Videos

• Creating Browser Enabled Forms With InfoPath 2007


• Creating and Customizing Document Information Panels with InfoPath 2007


• Eric Richards and Team - First look at InfoPath 12


• EC304—InfoPath 2007: Development Tools for Forms Solutions


• EC305—InfoPath 2007: Development, Deployment, and Hosting for Rich and Browser Forms


• EC306—InfoPath 2007: Integrating InfoPath Forms into Workflow Solutions and Business Processes

MSDN Webcasts

• Developing, Deploying, and Hosting Rich Client and Browser Forms for InfoPath 2007 (Level 200)


• Developing, Deploying, and Hosting Rich Office InfoPath 2007 Client and Browser Forms (Level 200)


• Developing InfoPath Forms for Office InfoPath 2007 (Level 200)


• New Features in Office InfoPath 2007 (Level 200)

Blogs and Newsgroups

• InfoPath Team Blog


• Pashman's InfoPath Goldmine


• InfoPath Public Newsgroup