Publishing Infopath forms online...accessible?

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darrel - 15 Dec 2006 21:16 GMT

We're at the very early stages of exploring some infopath options.

We're going to be installing MOSS soon and it looks like Infopath + MOSS
have the ability to allow you to make an electronic form and publish
publicly online allowing anyone to fill it out.

It looks great in a presentation, but was wondering if anyone else has done
this and what kind of results they got.

My main concern is accessibility, given that ASP.net 1.1 had some serious
issues, as did Sharepoint '03.

Mainly:

- do form elements have proper labels?
- is the HTML semantic and proper?
- is it browser agnostic?
- does validation work sans javascript?
- does the page work overall sans javascript?
- is there multi-language support?
- is the document resizable in the browser without breaking the
layout? (Font sizes, etc.)

I also see that IP forms inside of IP (the desktop client) have nice 'help'
pane that can be used. When publishing online, does IP have any built in
help/assistance type tools?

Ultimately, we're hoping that some of our Word/PDF static forms can be
eventually moved into infopath, however, being a .gov, we need to try to
adhere to accessibility issues as best we can.

-Darrel

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S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton - 18 Dec 2006 05:11 GMT

You can read more about the accessibility features in MOSS here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/sharepointserver/HA101737251033.aspx?pid=CH100
948721033

> - is it browser agnostic?

While Forms Server is not browser agnostic, it has support for both IE and
FireFox, and a few other browsers. Read more here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/sharepointserver/HA101945391033.aspx?pid=CL100
626951033

> - does validation work sans javascript?
> - does the page work overall sans javascript?

Browser-enabled forms use JavaScript.

I'd encourage you to go take a look on the office website to find more
information on your accessibility requirements.
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S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

> We're at the very early stages of exploring some infopath options.
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> -Darrel

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darrel - 18 Dec 2006 14:00 GMT

> While Forms Server is not browser agnostic, it has support for both IE and
> FireFox, and a few other browsers. Read more here:
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/sharepointserver/HA101945391033.aspx?pid=CL100
626951033

Does MOSS = Forms server? Or is that a separate product we'd need to
purchase?

>> - does validation work sans javascript?
>> - does the page work overall sans javascript?
>
> Browser-enabled forms use JavaScript.

Meaning javascript only? If so, then these are fairly useless for us,
unfortunately.

-Darrel

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