Infopath Filler Form/Compatability

Question

In IP2010, Advanced Form Options, Capability, Form Type, what is the difference
between InfoPath Filler Form and an InfoPath 2007 Filler Form?<o:p></o:p>

I'm asking because when I publish my form, users are being prompted to update to the newly published
form. None of the workarounds I've seen or tried work well or are particularly appealing.

http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/p/19419/67308.aspx

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/549b5f39-7ab3-4f4b-94ea-e5b4bbe4da83/clearing-infopath-form-cache-programmatically?forum=sharepointcustomizationlegacy

I'm currently using the InfoPath 2007 Filler Form type, but when I tried to switch one of my existing
forms to the InfoPath Filler Form type, the new form was pushed down and
accordingly, there was no prompt for the user to update to the new form.
The form seems to be working fine as well. This is the behavior I used to have
with IP2007 and that I want now. Am I losing anything by switching
to InfoPath Filler Form?<o:p></o:p>

 Thanks.<o:p></o:p>

Answer 1

Hi,

I understand that InfoPath 2010 users are getting prompt window to “Save and Update Form”. It is a known issue in InfoPath 2010.

InfoPath 2010 supports two kinds of programming models for developing business logic in form templates, and also supports external automation from managed code.

As I talked with my office team colleague, InfoPath form is consisted by managed code and un-managed code. And more and more components are gradually converted to managed code. It is very different.

Please check out the following articles to obtain more information about InfoPath Object Models:

Understanding InfoPath Object Models and Development Environment

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa943357(v=office.14).aspx

Introduction to Programming in InfoPath 2010

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2010/03/18/introduction-to-programming-in-infopath-2010.aspx

Thanks.

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Answer 2

Hi - I didn't entirely understand your response and where you were leading me. I do have a reference in my code to the 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust namespace'. My forms were originally created in IP 2003 and then converted to 2010.

But back to my original question - because the update form prompt doesn't appear, can I use InfoPath Filler Form type instead of InfoPath 2007 Filler Form to get around the prompt, without causing any other issues? I'm not finding an explanation of what the difference between the two is. Can you help me out with this? Thanks.

Joe

Answer 3

Hi Joe,

regarding this, perhaps you need to try at your environment, we are not quite sure if that may affect your environment in different ways,

as i see from some article:

When creating a form that is filled out using InfoPath Filler, use the Blank Form (InfoPath Filler) option. As with the “Blank Form” template, you add layout, controls, and data connections that best suit your needs.

The Blank Form (InfoPath Filler) can only be filled out in the InfoPath Filler.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/infopath-help/overview-of-form-templates-and-modes-HA101732794.aspx#_Toc262738715

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/infopath-help/infopath-2010-features-unavailable-in-web-browser-forms-HA101732796.aspx

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Regards,
Aries
Microsoft Online Community Support


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Answer 4

Hi Aries - You indirectly answered my question with those links you provided. It looks like InfoPath Filler Form means it's a 2010 Filler Form compatibility.  It was an easy answer in the end. This should take care of my issue. Thanks.