Beginning InfoPath Development

Beginning InfoPath Development

• You can design any sort of forms of in Microsoft InfoPath Designer.
• Microsoft InfoPath Designer is available in the Microsoft Office.
• Along with designing of the forms it also assists you in defining different types of validation rules in just a few clicks.
• You can also do backend coding for the form by using Visual Studio Tools for Applications(VSTA).
• In order to write any sort of code for your infopath form you will need to install the VSTA. In the VSTA you can write your code in C# or VB.
• Before you write any sort of code, you need to enable the VSTA from the Control Panel.
• The steps to enable VSTA are as follows:

          1)Go to Control Panel and select Add and Remove Programs
          2)Select Microsoft Office Professional, Right Click and Select Change
          3)Select Add and Remove Features
          4)Select Microsoft Infopath and click on the "+" sign
          5)An option called as .NET Programmability Support will be present, click on the "+" sign.    
          6)You will find Visual Studio Tools for Applications(VSTA). Right click on it and select Run         from my computer.

• A small installation will start installing the VSTA.
• After the VSTA is installed you can select Code Editor from the developer tab in the Infopath and begin coding.
• For learning basic code behind you can refer to this link : click here.

Happy Coding..