Infopath: were is it required ?
Fab <fabrizio.nospam@nospam.nospam>
appllications, but I get a bit confused about its installation and
use.
Infopath was installed on several clients with Office 2003, so I
didn't care about their availability.
Now I see that it is not distributed in all the Office 2007 distro.
Indeed, many clients do not have it.
I can make use of a Windows Sharepoint Service (WSS) to host the forms
I intend to develop.
So my question is: Shall I need Infopath installed on ALL the client
computer to let the user to fill the forms to be developed ?
Fabrizio
Steve
If you store your forms in a shared space (WSS library, Windows shared
folder, web site, etc), then anyone who accesses them will need the InfoPath
client to open them. If you implement Forms Services, which is part of MOSS
2007, then your users can access them through the browser.
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Fab <fabrizio.nospam@nospam.nospam>
I understood that "Form Services 2007" is also available for WSS 3.0.
I will try that.
Thanks for the support!
Ciao
Fab
On 2 Gen, 04:08, "Steve" <zen27157NO-S...@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> Fab,
>
> If you store your forms in a shared space (WSS library, Windows shared
> folder, web site, etc), then anyone who accesses them will need the InfoPath
> client to open them. If you implement Forms Services, which is part of MOSS
> 2007, then your users can access them through the browser.
>
> "Fab <fabrizio.nos...@nospam.nospam>" <fabrizio.car...@gmail.com> wrote in
> messagenews:8ebd78eb-3b5d-4e04...@e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > I'm currenting evaluating the use of Infopath for my intranet
> > appllications, but I get a bit confused about its installation and
> > use.
>
> > Infopath was installed on several clients with Office 2003, so I
> > didn't care about their availability.
> > Now I see that it is not distributed in all the Office 2007 distro.
> > Indeed, many clients do not have it.
>
> > I can make use of a Windows Sharepoint Service (WSS) to host the forms
> > I intend to develop.
>
> > So my question is: Shall I need Infopath installed on ALL the client
> > computer to let the user to fill the forms to be developed ?
>
> > Fabrizio- Nascondi testo citato
>
> - Mostra testo citato -
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton
Server 2007 is not available for purchase anymore (see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/formsserver/FX100490391033.aspx)
If you want to use Forms Services, you'll have to get MOSS 2007.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton
http://www.bizsupportonline.net (100+ InfoPath articles, tutorials, and
solutions)
"Fab <fabrizi...@nospam.nospam>" wrote:
> Thank you Steve,
> I understood that "Form Services 2007" is also available for WSS 3.0.
> I will try that.
>
> Thanks for the support!
>
> Ciao
> Fab
>
>
>
> On 2 Gen, 04:08, "Steve" <zen27157NO-S...@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> > Fab,
> >
> > If you store your forms in a shared space (WSS library, Windows shared
> > folder, web site, etc), then anyone who accesses them will need the InfoPath
> > client to open them. If you implement Forms Services, which is part of MOSS
> > 2007, then your users can access them through the browser.
> >
> > "Fab <fabrizio.nos...@nospam.nospam>" <fabrizio.car...@gmail.com> wrote in
> > messagenews:8ebd78eb-3b5d-4e04...@e37g2000yqn.googlegroups..com...
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm currenting evaluating the use of Infopath for my intranet
> > > appllications, but I get a bit confused about its installation and
> > > use.
> >
> > > Infopath was installed on several clients with Office 2003, so I
> > > didn't care about their availability.
> > > Now I see that it is not distributed in all the Office 2007 distro.
> > > Indeed, many clients do not have it.
> >
> > > I can make use of a Windows Sharepoint Service (WSS) to host the forms
> > > I intend to develop.
> >
> > > So my question is: Shall I need Infopath installed on ALL the client
> > > computer to let the user to fill the forms to be developed ?
> >
> > > Fabrizio- Nascondi testo citato
> >
> > - Mostra testo citato -
>
> .
>
Fab <fabrizio.nospam@nospam.nospam>
Forms Services, which is part of MOSS 2007, then your users can access
them through the browser".
shall be accessed through the browser.
Hence, here I see no big differences than to forms developed with
Visual Studio or similar tools. I'm a right ?
Of course, I'm not considering for sophisticated and optimised
situations were off-line forms (to be used with Infopath) can be
reused through web browsers.
Ciao!
Fabrizio
On 3 Gen, 08:31, S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton
<SYMWongA...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> While you can use Forms Server 2007 with WSS 3.0 to get Forms Services, Forms
> Server 2007 is not available for purchase anymore (seehttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/formsserver/FX100490391033.aspx)
>
> If you want to use Forms Services, you'll have to get MOSS 2007.
> ---
> S.Y.M. Wong-A-Tonhttp://www.bizsupportonline.net(100+ InfoPath articles, tutorials, and
> solutions)
>
>
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton
> Visual Studio or similar tools. I'm a right ?
Yes, correct. The only difference is how data is submitted and stored (also
see
http://www.bizsupportonline.net/blog/2009/02/save-submit-store-infopath-form-data/).
InfoPath forms are self-contained, that is, once filled out and saved, the
data resides in an XML file. Traditional forms are not self-contained; you
need to send the data somewhere to be stored.
InfoPath was also intended to cut down on the time it takes to create forms,
i.e. rapid form development.
If you just want an interface in a browser and you're going to be sending
the data to a database for example, you could also just create an ASP.NET or
HTML form - there is no need for InfoPath or SharePoint then.
Hope this helps.
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S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton
"Fab <fabrizi...@nospam.nospam>" wrote:
> .
>