Demo of InfoPath 2010

By: colorado dreamer on 5:59 PM

Attending a Bootcamp immersion class and learning some very good things.  Today's topic was InfoPath and I was impressed with the power of this tool.  It seemed familiar to me as it reminded me of both designing with Dreamweaver and Ms Access forms.

I created a couple of videos using Jing to highlight what we learned today.

Part One details Replacing the Sharepoint New Form with an InfoPath Form  (5 minutes)

Part Two details Using the Infopath Webpart on a Sharepoint 2 column page (5 minutes)

While I could only scratch the surface in this class, I want to learn more about InfoPath.  Did you know you could do the following with InfoPath?

• apply themes to the form
• create controls such as buttons, combo boxes, date pickers, and dynamic text in calculated values
• add in rules to offer a complex form by hiding fields based on form choices, making some field optional, etc
• display the form in a webpart on your webpage

All pretty simple and quick.