Hosting InfoPath within Sharepoint Forms

M

Microsoft

Hi, I've been set an interesting challenge. Our client is adamant that they
want the InfoPath forms to appear inline within the Sharepoint pages. So far
I've seen people saying that it can't be done, but I have to try :)

One suggestion I've had is to write a .Net wrapper for infoPath and then use
some special magic .Net doobrey (which I know very little about) to host the
wrapper, and therefore InfoPath, in IE.

I think this is similar to the way we can host ActiveX controls (which could
be an entrie application) in IE.

So is this a feasible solution? If so then does anyone have any pointers for
me? Any other suggestions very gratefully received of course :)

Thanks.

Sean
 
M

Microsoft

Thanks for the reply Greg, I don't suppose you could point me to any could
you?

By the way we've managed to get InfoPath appearing inline within a web page
in IE, basically by setting the InfoPath window's parent to a user control,
which we then insert into the page. It works, but I'd like to find a better
solution if possible.

Thanks.

Sean


"Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]" <Greg.Collins_AT_InfoPathDev.com> wrote in
message There are a few aftermarket apps which simulate InfoPath as online web-based
forms... this is about as close as you will get. Sorry to disappoint.

--
Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]
Please visit: http://www.InfoPathDev.com



Hi, I've been set an interesting challenge. Our client is adamant that they
want the InfoPath forms to appear inline within the Sharepoint pages. So far
I've seen people saying that it can't be done, but I have to try :)

One suggestion I've had is to write a .Net wrapper for infoPath and then use
some special magic .Net doobrey (which I know very little about) to host the
wrapper, and therefore InfoPath, in IE.

I think this is similar to the way we can host ActiveX controls (which could
be an entrie application) in IE.

So is this a feasible solution? If so then does anyone have any pointers for
me? Any other suggestions very gratefully received of course :)

Thanks.

Sean
 
S

Sean

Thanks, I'll check that out. We'll probably go for hosting InfoPath within
an I-Frame for now as that seems to work pretty well, but it's always useful
to have options :)

Sean
 
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