Synopses & Reviews
Need fast, reliable, easy-to-use solutions for using InfoPath® with SharePoint® 2013? This book delivers exactly what you’re looking for: step-by-step help and guidance with the tasks you’ll perform most often. You’ll learn better ways to design and develop intuitive, effective form-based solutions, and then efficiently administer, secure, and troubleshoot them. The industry’s most focused resource for solving business problems with SharePoint and InfoPath forms, this book provides all the answers you need—now!
Steven Mann is an Enterprise Applications Engineer for Morgan Lewis and has nearly 20 years of professional experience with collaboration and business intelligence, including a decade working with SharePoint. Formerly Principal Architect for RDA Corporation, his books include InfoPath with SharePoint 2010 How-To, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Unleashed, SharePoint 2010 Field Guide, and SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Unleashed.
Fast, Accurate, and Easy-to-Use!
¿ Discover powerful tips for success with InfoPath Designer 2013
¿ Efficiently create SharePoint form controls, rules, and functions
¿ Master form page design, views, and list forms
¿ Submit, publish, and use data in SharePoint forms
¿ Streamline business processes by integrating forms into SharePoint workflows
¿ Design more intuitive, easier-to-use forms with InfoPath controls, functionality, and settings
¿ Use template parts to create reusable form components, including controls, fields, and data connections
¿ Leverage Visual Studio 2012 with InfoPath to build solutions and application-level add-ins
¿ Dynamically populate repeating tables in forms
¿ Elegantly track changes in SharePoint forms
¿ Automatically generate new InfoPath form instances
¿ Use SharePoint 2013 Central Administration to manage forms and Forms Services
¿ Automate InfoPath Form Services administration with PowerShell
¿ Manage form permissions to control user access and rights
¿ Troubleshoot form development, deployment, publishing, and form submission
Synopsis
Need fast, reliable, easy-to-use solutions for using InfoPath(R) with SharePoint(R) 2013? This book delivers exactly what you're looking for: step-by-step help and guidance with the tasks you'll perform most often. You'll learn better ways to design and develop intuitive, effective form-based solutions, and then efficiently administer, secure, and troubleshoot them. The industry's most focused resource for solving business problems with SharePoint and InfoPath forms, this book provides all the answers you need--now
Steven Mann is an Enterprise Applications Engineer for Morgan Lewis and has nearly 20 years of professional experience with collaboration and business intelligence, including a decade working with SharePoint. Formerly Principal Architect for RDA Corporation, his books include InfoPath with SharePoint 2010 How-To, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Unleashed, SharePoint 2010 Field Guide, and SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Unleashed.
Fast, Accurate, and Easy-to-Use
Discover powerful tips for success with InfoPath Designer 2013
Efficiently create SharePoint form controls, rules, and functions
Master form page design, views, and list forms
Submit, publish, and use data in SharePoint forms
Streamline business processes by integrating forms into SharePoint workflows
Design more intuitive, easier-to-use forms with InfoPath controls, functionality, and settings
Use template parts to create reusable form components, including controls, fields, and data connections
Leverage Visual Studio 2012 with InfoPath to build solutions and application-level add-ins
Dynamically populate repeating tables in forms
Elegantly track changes in SharePoint forms
Automatically generate new InfoPath form instances
Use SharePoint 2013 Central Administration to manage forms and Forms Services
Automate InfoPath Form Services administration with PowerShell
Manage form permissions to control user access and rights
Troubleshoot form development, deployment, publishing, and form submission
Synopsis
SharePoint 2013 and InfoPath 2013 integrate more deeply than ever before, allowing SharePoint users and admistrators to build powerful "mini-apps" with InfoPath forms, and use them to streamline a wide range of workflows and business processes - all without writing code. InfoPath with SharePoint 2013 How-To is a single source for reliable, easy-to-implement SharePoint solutions built with InfoPath data forms. Steven Mann presents concise tutorials to get users and developers up to speed, and walks through more than 50 procedures, providing clear and accurate steps for each one. Mann's tested, step-by-step procedures include: designing form templates and libraries; using SharePoint form features; incorporating rules and functions; designing pages and views; creating workflows; using external web services data; creating tabbed navigation; providing offline form access; defining master/detail views; displaying and managing lists; dynamically populating repeating tables; tracking changes, and dozens more. Readers will also find several proven procedures for streamlining administration and troubleshooting. This book goes far beyond "tips and trick" to serve as the daily reference resource for every information worker and IT professional who wants to solve real business and technical problems with SharePoint 2013 and InfoPath 2013.
About the Author
Steve Mann was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he still resides today. He is an enterprise applications engineer for Morgan Lewis and has nearly 20 years of professional experience. Steve graduated from Drexel University in 1993. Steve has authored and coauthored several books related to the subject of SharePoint Server, PowerShell, managed metadata, and business intelligence. You can find Steve’s blog at http://www.SteveTheManMann.com.
Table of Contents
Part I Designing Forms for SharePoint
Chapter 1 Usage of InfoPath Designer
Chapter 2 Creating a SharePoint Form with InfoPath Designer
Chapter 3 SharePoint Form Controls
Chapter 4 SharePoint Form Rules
Chapter 5 SharePoint Form Functions
Chapter 6 SharePoint Form Page Design and Views
Chapter 7 SharePoint List Forms
Chapter 8 Submitting and Publishing Forms in SharePoint
Part II Business Solutions
Chapter 9 Using Data in SharePoint Forms
Chapter 10 InfoPath Web Part
Chapter 11 Using Forms in SharePoint Workflows
Chapter 12 Enhancing the User Experience
Chapter 13 Using Template Parts to Create Reusable Form Components (old 14)
Part III Technical Solutions
Chapter 14 Document Information Panel Content Type (old 15)
Chapter 15 Leveraging Visual Studio 2012 with InfoPath (old 16)
Chapter 16 Dynamically Populating Repeating Tables (old 17)
Chapter 17 Tracking Changes in a Form (old 18)
Chapter 18 Auto Generation of Forms (NEW)
Part IV Administrative Aspects
Chapter 19 Central Administration
Chapter 20 PowerShell
Chapter 21 Managing Form Permissions
Part V Troubleshooting
Chapter 22 General Form Issues
Chapter 23 Deployment and Publishing Issues
Chapter 24 Form Submission Issues
Appendix A: Auto-Incrementing Repeating Tables
Appendix B: Using File Attachments in Forms