.mht file format

[Papanii]

Hey,
I was reading Roger Jenning's book on Microsoft infopath and came
across the .mht file. He stated that you can export your infopath fom as a
..mht file to create a static view of the from. My question is does that mean
users without infopath installed on thier machine can fill in the form? If
not what is the purpose of this format?

 

[Thomas Wenzl [MVP]]

Hello,

I was reading Roger Jenning's book on Microsoft infopath and
came across the .mht file. He stated that you can export your
infopath fom as a .mht file to create a static view of the from. My
question is does that mean users without infopath installed on thier
machine can fill in the form?

no, Infopath is always required to fill out Infopath
forms.

If not what is the purpose of this format?

*.mht is something like a HTML archive
file, that means it includes all images,
styles, etc. in one file.

You can use it to save your form to HTML,
which enables users without Infopath installed
to read/review the form.

Regards

 

[Roger Jennings]

Even users with InfoPath can't fill out the .mht representation of a form.
It's an HTML-only "picture" of a form, which is what I meant by "static."

--rj

Hello,

I was reading Roger Jenning's book on Microsoft infopath and
came across the .mht file. He stated that you can export your
infopath fom as a .mht file to create a static view of the from. My
question is does that mean users without infopath installed on thier
machine can fill in the form?

no, Infopath is always required to fill out Infopath
forms.

If not what is the purpose of this format?

*.mht is something like a HTML archive
file, that means it includes all images,
styles, etc. in one file.

You can use it to save your form to HTML,
which enables users without Infopath installed
to read/review the form.

Regards
--
Thomas Wenzl [MVP for Live Communications Server]

Share what you know, learn what you don't!
(Deja/Google)

 

[Sofer]

We use the MHT as a static record of what was completed in an infioPath form
If you email an infopath form, the user can amend the data (if they have
infoPath) whereas if you email an MHT file, they can only use Internet
Explorer 4 and above to bring up a static view of what was captured on the
form.... Useful for emailing clients etc official copies of completed
documents (with signatures)
..................... but a user still needs InfoPath to complete/change a
form. In general it's like saying you need Excel to create or change a
spreadsheet
I hope this helps
Robin

Even users with InfoPath can't fill out the .mht representation of a form.
It's an HTML-only "picture" of a form, which is what I meant by "static."

--rj

Hello,

I was reading Roger Jenning's book on Microsoft infopath and
came across the .mht file. He stated that you can export your
infopath fom as a .mht file to create a static view of the from. My
question is does that mean users without infopath installed on thier
machine can fill in the form?

no, Infopath is always required to fill out Infopath
forms.

If not what is the purpose of this format?

*.mht is something like a HTML archive
file, that means it includes all images,
styles, etc. in one file.

You can use it to save your form to HTML,
which enables users without Infopath installed
to read/review the form.

Regards
--
Thomas Wenzl [MVP for Live Communications Server]

Share what you know, learn what you don't!
(Deja/Google)