Any documentation on this scenario:

[Nevercrashnow]

Using InfoPath browser based forms in a public available [anonymous] situation.

I mean more from a best practices/solution architecture standpoint than
necessarily nuts and bolts. But nuts and bolts is nice too.

I suppose also if we submit to DB instead of a form libary we can kiss any
workflow goodbye. Unless we use Biz-Talk. Yes No?

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

I heard or read information on this somewhere, but cannot remember where.
Unfortunately, I do not yet have experience with it, so cannot give you any
tips. But it is an excellent point, so I will pass this information on to the
docs team; perhaps they will be able to point us to an article that is
already available somewhere.

 

[Clay Fox]

We have a solution where you can use a browser based, public form on the
front end and move it into a database and use InfoPath from an admin or
backend position to process the forms. We have a solution with search,
workflow, tracking, assignments, etc.

Check it out at http://www.qdabra.com
--
Thanks

Clay Fox

Qdabra Software
http://www.qdabra.com

InfoPathDev.Com
The Largest InfoPath Forum in the World
http://www.infopathdev.com

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

I've heard back from the Office documentation team. You may have already
found these two resources; if not, here they are:

This article contains some best practices for anonymously accessible forms:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...499e-402c-b709-780f125cea791033.mspx?mfr=true

This blog post uses a web service to submit to a database:
http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/arch...-web-services-in-infopath-forms-services.aspx

While these 2 articles do not represent the whole picture, they are a good
place to start. BTW, you should be able to use a web service to submit a form
to a form library. This will enable you to use workflows. However, there are
authentication and security issues to take into account.

 

[Nevercrashnow]

Thanks for the posts you guys. The other limitation of course is under MOSS
best practices you should not have more than 2000 forms/docs in the root of a
libary. So this is for a school and each form may have 1000's of
submissions. That is why I was thinking of submit to DB.

Thanks.

I've heard back from the Office documentation team. You may have already
found these two resources; if not, here they are:

This article contains some best practices for anonymously accessible forms:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...499e-402c-b709-780f125cea791033.mspx?mfr=true

This blog post uses a web service to submit to a database:
http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/arch...-web-services-in-infopath-forms-services.aspx

While these 2 articles do not represent the whole picture, they are a good
place to start. BTW, you should be able to use a web service to submit a form
to a form library. This will enable you to use workflows. However, there are
authentication and security issues to take into account.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

Using InfoPath browser based forms in a public available [anonymous] situation.

I mean more from a best practices/solution architecture standpoint than
necessarily nuts and bolts. But nuts and bolts is nice too.

I suppose also if we submit to DB instead of a form libary we can kiss any
workflow goodbye. Unless we use Biz-Talk. Yes No?

 

[Nevercrashnow]

This looks like it might fit the bill. I'll give you guys a ring Monday
morning.

Thanks.

We have a solution where you can use a browser based, public form on the
front end and move it into a database and use InfoPath from an admin or
backend position to process the forms. We have a solution with search,
workflow, tracking, assignments, etc.

Check it out at http://www.qdabra.com
--
Thanks

Clay Fox

Qdabra Software
http://www.qdabra.com

InfoPathDev.Com
The Largest InfoPath Forum in the World
http://www.infopathdev.com

Using InfoPath browser based forms in a public available [anonymous] situation.

I mean more from a best practices/solution architecture standpoint than
necessarily nuts and bolts. But nuts and bolts is nice too.

I suppose also if we submit to DB instead of a form libary we can kiss any
workflow goodbye. Unless we use Biz-Talk. Yes No?