InfoPath

InfoPath
The design interface of InfoPath isvery straightforward
 A user who wishes to design aform from scratch simply needs to start with a layout table

·      Then use table structures within the form to establish the look and feelof their form.
·      From there, its simply a matter of dragging and dropping the various control structures.
·      Then the controls neededto establish the data characteristics of the form itself.
·      These simple actions alone can produce a form that can create arbitrary XML or publish to a number ofXML-based servers.



One of the major benefitsof InfoPath isthatit is whollyXML-centric. The form design is based on XML schemas (XSD). Form  designers have a choice of either designing a form from scratch or building
a form  based on a preexisting schema. A blank InfoPath form  with an attached schema is shown below
InfoPath views are based on XSL transforms (XSLT). Form  developers can build various views of their data, and  those views are rendered by XSLT automatically generated by InfoPath. Some examples of the uses for views include the following:




 A personnel review in which the managers comments arent visible to the employee being reviewed.

 A routed approval form in which previous approvals are read-only for subsequent approvers.

 A multipurpose form (like those at DMV offices) where certain fields are shown to the user based on the forms purpose.

 A user-friendly data entry interface as well as a formal printed view.

Below figure show two views of an asset  trackingform: one summary view and  one that shows the details of the asset.

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