Getting Started Developing Form Templates with Code

Office 2013 and later

Office 2010

Last modified: June 28, 2011

Applies to: InfoPath 2013 | InfoPath Forms Services | Office 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013

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 Visual Studio 2012 development environment supported by InfoPath.
How to: Develop with Visual Studio: Describes how to install the Visual Studio 2012 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 Visual Studio 2012 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.