Getting Started Developing Form Templates with Code

Applies to: InfoPath 2010 | InfoPath Forms Services | Office 2010 | SharePoint Server 2010 | Visual Studio | Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office

This section provides information on how to get started creating managed code form templates that work with the InfoPath object model provided by members of the Microsoft.Office.InfoPath namespace.

In This Section

• What's New for InfoPath Developers
  Provides information on new features and improvements that are of interest to developers.

• Understanding InfoPath Object Models and Development Environment
  Describes the two kinds of programming models for developing business logic in form templates, and the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications development environment supported by InfoPath.

• How to: Install and Develop with Visual Studio Tools for Applications
  Describes how to install the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications environment.

• How to: Install Local .NET Framework Help for Visual Studio Tools for Applications
  Describes how to install a local copy of the .NET Framework documentation for offline use in the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications environment.

• How to: Add an Event Handler
  Describes how to add event handlers to an InfoPath managed code form template.

• How to: Preview and Debug InfoPath Form Templates with Code
  Describes how to preview and debug InfoPath managed code form templates.

• How to: Preview and Debug Form Templates that Require Full Trust
  Describes how to preview and debug InfoPath managed code form templates that contain business logic that requires full trust.

• Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Form Template with Code
  A step-by-step guide that provides an introduction to creating and debugging a basic InfoPath managed code form template

• How to: Log Values to a Field for Debugging
  Describes how to create a multi-line field and a helper function for logging debugging information.

• How to: Open or Convert a Form Template Created with the InfoPath Toolkit
  Describes how to open or convert a managed code form template created with the InfoPath 2003 Toolkit and Visual Studio .NET or the InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio 2005.

• How to: Deploy InfoPath Form Templates with Code
  Describes how to deploy InfoPath managed code form templates.

• How Do I...In InfoPath Form Templates with Code
  Provides a summary of common tasks for developers of InfoPath managed code form templates.

• How to: Work with the XPathNavigator and XPathNodeIterator Classes
  Provides a summary of the members of the InfoPath managed code object model that use the XPathNavigator and XPathNodeIterator classes to work with XML data.

• How to: Use SharePoint Object Model Members
  Describes how to create a reference to the Microsoft.SharePoint assembly so that you can write code against its object model from form code.

• Publishing Forms with Code
  Describes the differences between publishing sandboxed solutions and administrator-deployed solutions.

• Sample Sandboxed Solutions
  Provides two examples that show the kind of code that you can write in an InfoPath sandboxed solution.

• Additional Resources for InfoPath Form Template Developers
  How to find additional sources of information for InfoPath developers.