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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / May 2006Confused about InfoPath
Hello I wanted to know what are the differences between InfoPath and a site created with ASP.net ? We can create forms with Info Path and publish it on a sharepoint site.. Does individual users still need infopath installed on their computer? What are the advantages / disadvantage of using infopath over a web based application using asp.net? Both get data from database and write to it. I have also comeacross, components for Infopath 2007 which lets you embed infopath forms in an ASP.net page, - does that still need infopath installed on your computer? Why would anyone do that when they can create the forms in asp itself? Infopath is only an XML file, so how does it generate the server side code? Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks Hemang Hello Hemang, I don't have any idea about ASP.NET but to know about Infopath please take a look at this link. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011221251033.aspx Hope this helps!  SignatureShailaja http://www.autonomysystems.com > Hello > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Hemang I already went through that. After that I had these additional questions: We can create forms with Info Path and publish it on a sharepoint site.. Does individual users still need infopath installed on their computer? What are the advantages / disadvantage of using infopath over a web based application using asp.net? Both get data from database and write to it. I have also comeacross, components for Infopath 2007 which lets you embed infopath forms in an ASP.net page, - does that still need infopath installed on your computer? Why would anyone do that when they can create the forms in asp itself? Infopath is only an XML file, so how does it generate the server side code? Thanks > Hello Hemang, > I don't have any idea about ASP.NET but to know about Infopath [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> Hemang One advantage is that someone can create form without needing ASP.Net development skills. Any proficient PC user should be able to create simple InfoPath forms after 1-2 hrs of training. You can create and distribute InfoPath forms without a web site. Just create them and use email to route. You can create IP forms that work when they are disconnected from the network, they can update a data backend when reconnected automatically Currently to fill out a form, the user needs InfoPath 2003 on their PC. I think that this may be changing in IP 2007, but am not sure. InfoPath runs Jscript, VBScipt or .Net Managed Code created in VS.Net >I already went through that. After that I had these additional questions: > [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] >>> >>> Hemang it wud b really cool if InfoPath requirement at every client end is done away with ... i really hope that there is some feature in IP2007 to fill up this vacuum secondly ... about the point regarding server side code ... of course therez vb script and .net managed code behind n all ... but i suppose they all run @ client end .. rite? but then again ... i suppose if theres a .net code behind ... with infopath ... we can mimic this client-server architecture.... rite? > One advantage is that someone can create form without needing ASP.Net > development skills. Any proficient PC user should be able to create simple [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > >>> > >>> Hemang |
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