Our goal was to create an electronic form which built in the dynamic business rules of the process, but which did not overwhelm the user. The solution ended up being a blend of InfoPath for the input form, SharePoint for the data storage and workflow processing, and jQuery
Most of the time, when I use InfoPath forms in SharePoint, I need to capture the current user name to put it on my form.
My client is moving a large amount of forms from Lotus Notes to MOSS and InfoPath 2007 and I was tasked with designing a search solution that would make it simple to for users to find the forms they were looking for.
My client is moving a large amount of forms from Lotus Notes to MOSS and InfoPath 2007 and I was tasked with designing a search solution that would make it simple to for users to find the forms they were looking for.
I’m a big fan of tagging and tag clouds as one mechanism for categorizing content and wanted to see what would be involved with accomplishing this using jQuery.
This article describes how you can create a filtered lookup for SharePoint 2010. It is easy to use and no code is required to make it work.
How do I create a cascading drop-down box in my SharePoint list? This question is asked a lot. Unfortunately, there is not an out-of-box way to do this in a SharePoint list. In this screencast, you will not only learn what a cascading drop-down box is, but how to easily create one in InfoPath 2007.
Recently I’ve been involved in the development of a SharePoint 2007 solution using InfoPath and Forms Services. The purpose of the solution was collection of employee questionnaire data using one of several forms designed as a multi-page survey.
Symptoms: Using MOSS 2007 SP2 and Office 2003 SP3, users complained that metadata on documents went missing. Consider the scenario below where we have a sample document library.
In conclusion, there’s a life style here that I describe from the professional consultant’s point of view, but which applies almost equally to full time employees in a BA and/or power user role. Work patiently with the experts in your company and extract the core business requirements as best you can. With a deep understanding of SharePoint features and functions to draw upon, more often than not, you’ll be able to answer concerns and offer ways to improve everyone’s work day leveraging core SharePoint features.