Introducing Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003

Chapter Summary

InfoPath’s capability to display multiple views of a form is an important incentive for adopting InfoPath as a general-purpose XML data entry and editing tool. Copying and pasting form design elements between views makes repurposing existing views easy. Pasted elements retain their bindings to the data source’s sections, elements, and attributes. You can delete sections and controls you don’t need for alternative views, add new sections and controls to the view, and alter conditional formatting to suit the view’s purpose. Data validation rules apply to all form views.

Multiple views enable a single form to accommodate changes in data entry operations and document content at each step in an automated workflow environment. You ...