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Creating form in InfoPath 2010 and publishing to SharePoint 2010. How to create a simple form using InfoPath 2010 and publish to SharePoint 2010 so that it can be filled using web browser?

Creating form in InfoPath 2010 and publishing to SharePoint 2010

In this post, I am going to create a simple form using InfoPath 2010 and publish the form to a SharePoint 2010 library and open the form using Web Browser 1. Open InfoPath 2010 Designer and Click on File | New | Select Blank Form | Click on Design Form 2. Blank Form Template in InfoPath 2010 is created. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Properties of the Fields in InfoPath 2010 forms 8. 9. If you want to submit the form to SharePoint Document Library, put a check in Allow users to Submit this form Other options are “Show the submit button in both the ribbon and the info tab in the InfoPath filter” 10. Let’s go and click Add to create new data connection to SharePoint 2010 Document Library 11. In File Name, I selected as name and the form will be submitted with the file name specified below To insert File Name : Click on Fx Icon 12. 13. 14.

Click Next 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Like this: Licensing requirements for InfoPath forms on SharePoint. I have been asked enough times now about the licensing requirements of SharePoint to be able to show InfoPath forms in the browser that I’m finally putting together this blog entry about it :-).

Licensing requirements for InfoPath forms on SharePoint

With InfoPath 2010, you can create SharePoint Form Library Forms, SharePoint List Forms and SharePoint Workflow Forms. Let me try to break down each of these briefly and talk about the licensing requirements. SharePoint Form Library Forms InfoPath’s ability to create form templates that can be posted to a form library in SharePoint dates back to to 2003 when InfoPath 2003 first came out. Once the form is published to that library, your users can click on the New Document link/button and that will open up the form. SharePoint List Forms This functionality is new in 2010 products. SharePoint Workflow Forms This functionality is also new in 2010 products. I hope this breakdown eliminates some confusion. Rating: 4.8/5 (28 votes cast) Asif Rehmani. How to: Use Query Parameters to Invoke Browser-Enabled InfoPath Forms.

Last modified: July 06, 2010 Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010 The following procedures require a site collection that you can publish form templates to, and the ability to create new sites in the site collection.

How to: Use Query Parameters to Invoke Browser-Enabled InfoPath Forms

Placeholder values are used in the following example URLs. These values represent the following SharePoint and InfoPath items: ServerName: A server that is running InfoPath Forms Services. The ~sitecollection value that is used in the following URLs is not a placeholder value. To use a URL with the XmlLocation parameter To use a URL with the XsnLocation, SaveLocation, and Source parameters To use a URL with the SaveLocation and Source parameters To use a URL with the OpenIn=Browser parameter To use a URL with the NoRedirect parameter It is sometimes necessary to return a content stream of the XML representing the form. To use a content stream Use a URL with the NoRedirect parameter.