InfoPath Integration with SharePoint

InfoPath allows the easy creation of XML-enabled forms so that an organization can enhance its capability to collect, manage, and share information. SharePoint 2003 offers a form library, which is specifically designed to store XML forms and requires an application such as InfoPath to create these forms.

InfoPath is used for both form creation and for actually filling out the forms, so is required on the workstation of anyone accessing its forms. InfoPath forms are by default saved in XML format but can be exported in .mht format, which is easily viewed from a browser.

New forms can be designed based on the many templates provided, or a new form can be designed from scratch. Existing data sources can be accessed, ...

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