Opening Infopath form in browser

[Laxmikant]

I have Office 2007 beta 2 client installed on my machine .
Now If I dont have Sharepoint Server is it still possible to view the form
in browser.
If yes can I fill it and store in any database locally?

Thanks,
Laxmikant

 

[Kalyan Reddy]

Hi LaxmiKant,

The goal of the Microsoft® Office “12†Forms Server® is to provide a Web
browser form-filling experience, otherwise referred to as a “reachâ€
experience, for computers that do not have the Microsoft® Office “12â€
InfoPath® client installed. This Web experience is built as a feature on top
of the project Code Name Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services "3.0"
platform.
InfoPath form templates (.xsn files) created in the Office “12†InfoPath
design mode are translated into browser-editable forms that run on the Office
Forms Server. Form templates with custom business logic are deployed by an
administrator into the WSS Content DB, and safe-listed in the WSS Config DB.
Each form template has a corresponding hash fingerprint to prevent tampering.
Form templates are managed through a global list of form templates in the
SharePoint Central Administration form template management page.

Yes You can fill out the Forms in Browser and save it to Local databse and
also view them in a browser.