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This is where Tim Pash posts all of the juicy nuggets of stuff on how to get the job done using InfoPath.
Another super-helpful place to get help on InfoPath
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Date: 08/03/2007
Tips and Tricks for Tuning Forms Services Performance
Folks, I'm hearing a lot of issues about people having trouble getting InfoPath 2007 forms published...
Date: 08/02/2007
Copying Data from a Secondary Datasource to a Child Table in a Main Datasource
This code sample documents a block of VB.Net code I had to write recently for retrieving a block of...
Date: 02/23/2007
XPathNavigator Control in VB.NET
VB.NET and probably the other managed code languages uses a new syntax for specifying nodes and...
Date: 02/15/2007
New Control for Picking People out of the GAL
From https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms496491.aspx. This basically provides a control for...
Date: 10/05/2006
Retrieving URL Path With No Code
Recent request from a customer: What we need to be able to do is to somehow programmatically access,...
Date: 09/19/2006
InfoPath 2007 No Code UserName Retrieval
Just posted on using C# and the new object model in InfoPath 2007 to retrieve the current user. I...
Date: 08/22/2006
Getting Current User in InfoPath 2007 via C#
Folks, Got a little code sample from a fellow watcher of Pashman's Goldmine (thanks Huseyin) on how...
Date: 08/22/2006
Programmatically Launching Another Form from Within a Form
Application.XDocuments.NewFromSolution(urlToXsnFile) or Application.XDocuments.Open(urlToXmlFile)...
Date: 07/27/2006
Return Solution Version in an Expression Box
Folks, Don't claim to understand this 100%, but I do know it works. Put this formula inside a...
Date: 06/16/2006
Increasing the TimeOut Value on Database Submit
Folks, Had an issue recently where a user of one of my solutions had pretty terrible bandwidth to...
Date: 05/31/2006
Functionality Lost in InfoPath 2007 "Web-Enabled" Forms
Quick update to this post (6/7/2007). Saw this article...
Date: 05/22/2006
Awesome Webcast on Digital Signatures in InfoPath
Folks, I had to skill up recently on the use of digital signatures in InfoPath, and this webcast I...
Date: 04/14/2006
Drop the Solution Version Number in a Field
Simple question, simple answer. Let's say you want to tell a user what version of the solution they...
Date: 03/28/2006
Dynamic Efficient Querying of Large Datasets
Folks, I have done a lot of work with making InfoPath live up to it's promise of providing an...
Date: 03/02/2006
Jumping Around in a Long Form
Hi Everybody, Hey sometimes you get a long form that requires you to do a lot of scrolling around to...
Date: 02/09/2006
Preventing The Average User From Designing Forms
Folks, Although I think it severely impairs the value proposition of using InfoPath, I get asked a...
Date: 02/08/2006
More on Programmatically E-Mailing via InfoPath Code
Folks, In this post...
Date: 02/06/2006
Getting InfoPath and BizTalk to Play Nicely Together
Folks, Been a little remiss in posting for a while. Been busy! In any case, I've encountered some...
Date: 02/06/2006
Programmatically Writing Files to Directories
Ok, so it's easy to send an e-mail, post to a web service or post to a WSS/SPS Form Library using...
Date: 01/13/2006
Differences in Security Between Custom Lists and Form Libraries
Folks, Some of you may notice at some point that you can have nice granularity of security settings...
Date: 12/15/2005
Getting a Unique Value for a Field
I've been asked multiple times on how to get a guaranteed unique value for a field in a form. It...
Date: 12/09/2005
Getting Just Unique Values in a Dropdown via XPATH
Something that has dogged me for a long time is the fact that when I'm doing cascading filtered...
Date: 11/23/2005
How to Populate Current User in Form Without Needing a Code Signing Certificate
Folks, On my Blog I have two code samples that talk about pulling the Current User information based...
Date: 11/18/2005
Passing Command Line Parameters to a New Form
Got this question from a customer, and someone else came to my rescue with info on this post...
Date: 11/10/2005
Switching Views After Merge
Here's a little code snippet on how to programmatically switch views. This example switches the view...
Date: 11/07/2005
Using Data View Web Part to Limit What Entries Users See
Had a major epiphany today on how to handle a long standing issue. I love demoing InfoPath paired...
Date: 11/07/2005
Definitive Source for Code to Automate E-Mailing Forms
You will find that at some point you need to be a little more clever with sending mail than what...
Date: 11/03/2005
More Ways to Pull Info from Active Directory
Here is a posting from Tom Mata, a colleague of mine from Armstrong Industries, who found an...
Date: 11/01/2005
Calling the Outlook Address Book from InfoPath
Ok, so I'm no code slinger, but once in a while I get my hands dirty and write (more like customize...
Date: 10/31/2005
Another Useful Microsofter Blog
Folks, I don't know this individual directly, but he his a peer and he seems more developer...
Date: 10/31/2005
Partner Solutions to Allow Thin Client Access to InfoPath Forms
This is a straight dump of my ongoing OneNote archive of partners that offer thin client access to...
Date: 10/27/2005
Who are Strong Partners in the Mid-Atlantic Area for InfoPath?
In no particular order: Quilogy Omicron Xerox Global Services Internosis Allin Consulting RDA...
Date: 10/27/2005
JScript Sample That Finds Blank Rows and Removes Them
I had a solution that aggregated multiple XML posts in a SharePoint Form Library into one document....
Date: 10/27/2005
Microsoft Tools to Save InfoPath Forms as HTML
Using the HTML to XHTML Conversion Tool The Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Software Development Kit...
Date: 10/27/2005
Who are InfoPath's Competitors?
In no particular order: Adobe Document Server, Adobe Reader MetaStorm PureEdge Cardiff Software -...
Date: 10/27/2005
Snippet on Traversing XML
A while ago I asked someone to explain to me when to use ".", "/" and the combination of both in...
Date: 10/27/2005
Use of the Current() Function
One of the most annoying things that can happen in InfoPath is a problem that occurs when you are...
Date: 10/26/2005
Retrieve username from logon environment.
The following is the most common code snippet I offer to people. The original authors are mentioned...
Date: 10/17/2005
More advanced training available online.
So, if you are beyond the basics on XML and are ready to get your hands dirty, this series of labs...
Date: 10/17/2005
Random thoughts on security
In no particular order here are some thoughts about security. Thanks to Trustworthy Computing...
Date: 10/17/2005
Most comprehensive book I know about.
This link takes you to an MSPress book that I'd recommend if you really want to get deep in the...
Date: 10/17/2005
So you want to be an InfoPath God like me :-) ?
Well, it helps to have a good underpinning of XML. You don't need to be an XML guru to get started...
Date: 10/17/2005
Welcome!
Welcome to Tim Pash's Blog on InfoPath! I don't claim to be an expert in Blogging, but I am pretty...
Date: 10/14/2005