Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003 Kick Start

The .xsf Manifest File

The manifest file contains many pieces of information that inform the InfoPath client where files relevant to the functioning of the form template are located.

Even a very simple form template has a fairly lengthy manifest.xsf file, as you can see in Listing 15.2. Again, I have edited the file so it displays for printing. (The default extracted file typically contains long lines that require you to scroll horizontally when editing.)

Listing 15.2. The manifest.xsf File Extracted from SimpleControls.xsn

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- This file is automatically created and modified by Microsoft Office InfoPath. Changes made to the file outside of InfoPath might be lost if the form template is modified in InfoPath. ...