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Leveraging the Powerful Forces of
Your Path to the Smart Side**
Ricardo Wilkins
SharePoint Solution Architect;
Blue Chip Consulting Group
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2. Episodes Agenda
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3. Cast Audience
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4. Ricardo.Wilkins
About Me
@bluechip-llc.com
SharePoint Solution Architect;
Consultant
SharePoint Solutions Architect | .NET
Developer | Blogger & Public Speaker
| Application Lifecycle Management |
Team Foundation Server | Technical
Trainer | Business Process Automation
| Cloud PaaS Developer| Patterns &
Practices | Microsoft Virtual
Technology Specialist | Technology
Consultant
www.SharePointCowBell.com
@ricardo303
@spcowbell
about.me/ricardowilkins
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5. InfoPath (IP): What & Why
• Rapid form designer; rich UI
• An app and a service
• Use when
• Flexibility & maintainability are key
• Requirements allow
• Licensing, security, etc are
addressed
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6. Wisdom for working with IP:
If compromise you do,
then successful you will be…
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7. Notable InfoPath Features
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Browser-based
Designer vs Filler
IP2010 backward compatibility
Views
Data integration
Rules engine
Code-behind
IP Web Part
IP Forms for SharePoint Lists
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8. In case you’ve never seen InfoPath 2010 Designer:
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9. InfoPath 2010 Filler:
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10. Form Wars: IP vs Custom App Page
• Custom = Code Deployment
• Do you really need it?
• Offline?
• What’s your experience?
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11. Form Wars: Maintenance
• Forms change
• Business rules change
• Custom page: recompile
• What’s your experience?
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12. Form Wars: Deployment
• End-user deployment
• With great Power…
• Administrator-approved
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13. Form Wars: Rules vs Code
• Code: Do anything
• Rules: Do [almost]
anything [with enough
rules]
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14. Data Integration
• Standard/External
SharePoint Lists
• Not just data entry – data
management with
InfoPath?
• Data access – not just for
developers anymore
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15. InfoPath + Workflow
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16. InfoPath + Workflow
• Workflow can control form behavior
• Workflow Complete = Read-Only Form
• Approver 1 Complete = Show
Approver 2 View
• Form can control workflow behavior
• Rules can Promote status values
• If FormSubmitted,
Then Do some workflow stuff
Demo->
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17. SharePoint Online
- Must have E3, E4 plan for
Form Services
- No application pages in
sandbox
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18. Time for some
Demo Magic
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19. uestions?
Ricardo.Wilkins
@bluechip-llc.com
SharePoint Solution Architect;
Consultant
Slides will be posted at:
http://www.SharePointCowBell.com
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