Infopath 2007 code projects and sourcesafe

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Ishai - 04 Jan 2007 00:51 GMT

Can anyone recommend a best practice to store an infopath 2007 project with
c# code in source control? It doesnt seem an easy task and I dont want to
make a mess.

Thanks,
Ishai Sagi
Sharepoint expert - www.spstips.blogspot.com

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XOR - 04 Jan 2007 04:17 GMT

Which source control are you using?

as far as im aware, any file based source control solution will let you put
your files into the source control and manage them from windows explorer.

subversion is a good one - better than Visual Source Safe anyhow.

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Ishai - 04 Jan 2007 04:44 GMT

Xor, thanks for the prompt reply,
as you can tell from the header, I am using sourcesafe (company policies)
and my worry is that the form is seperate from the c# project. if you go to
form options> programming you will note that the form does not hold the c#
code, but holds a referance to the location where the visual studio project
sits.
Maybe I dont understand the linkage, but what if I just put the form in
source safe, and another developer tries to design it - and they dont have
access to my machine and to the c# code?

messy messy!

With hopes of clarification,
Ishai Sagi
www.spstips.blogspot.com

> Which source control are you using?
>
> as far as im aware, any file based source control solution will let you put
> your files into the source control and manage them from windows explorer.
>
> subversion is a good one - better than Visual Source Safe anyhow.

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XOR - 04 Jan 2007 05:08 GMT

right.

I found this document which talks about infopath 2007 and has some comments
about source control, but it is a bit thin.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/08/infopath2007/default.aspx

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Ishai - 04 Jan 2007 05:23 GMT

Good article, but doesnt touch on source control at all, or explain the
relationship between the visual studio project and the form.

Any other pointers?
Ishai Sagi

> right.
>
> I found this document which talks about infopath 2007 and has some comments
> about source control, but it is a bit thin.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/08/infopath2007/default.aspx

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XOR - 04 Jan 2007 06:09 GMT

this guy hasnt had much fun with 2003, but it might be a good start.

http://groups.google.com.au/group/microsoft.public.infopath/browse_thread/thread
/2c62940f63c166cd/eedef49d35a2e04d?lnk=st&q=infopath+source+control&rnum=6&hl=en
#eedef49d35a2e04d

doesnt look supported though. perhaps u could raise a support call with MS -
it will cost u about $250, or even - switch to .net for forms and save urself
a lot of problems! :)

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Ishai - 04 Jan 2007 06:18 GMT

hey, you are talking to a guy from the company that made a solution to
convert infopath 2003 forms to web forms...you want to talk about "fun" with
2003? hah!

I wish I could save myself the trouble, but truth is - Infopath is a great
tool for RFD (Rapid Forms Development), especially in 2007. all I need is to
understand how to use it with source safe...I guess thats too much to ask
*sigh*

anyhow - thanks a lot for your help - If I do find a way that reasssures me,
I will post in my blog and maybe here. See ya!

Ishai Sagi
www.spstips.blogspot.com

> this guy hasnt had much fun with 2003, but it might be a good start.
>
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> it will cost u about $250, or even - switch to .net for forms and save urself
> a lot of problems! :)

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XOR - 04 Jan 2007 06:29 GMT

ha, thats funny. I was using InfoPath 2007 to create forms for a solution and
it got so hard - we were submitted our data to several different web
services with code - that I rewrote it all in asp.net and life was good again

good luck dude.

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