InfoPath Dev

Can someone please direct me somewhere I can read up on upgrading IP 2003 forms to IP 2010? I found information on 2003 to 2007, but not for 2003 to 2010. I'm looking for compatibility issues and how tos. Thanks.

IP2010 Filler will run form templates created with IP2003 Designer. If you have code, you cannot use your IP2003 form template in the ShP browser. Is that what you want to do?

Here is the scenerio. Let me know if I need to do something to make this happen.

The place I work is running XP Pro with Office 2003. I built some forms in IP2003 (some with a little code) connected to a SQL table. Users only access it via the desktop client. Sharepoint is not connected to the forms.

The place I work is now in the very early stages of prepping the upgrade of all computers to run Windows 7 and MS Office 2010. Having said this, is there anything that I have to do to these IP2003 forms before or during the upgrade to the new OS and MS versions? Keeping in mind that the goal would be to keep the forms active during the transition for the users.

I understand that the form interface will look a bit different, but will the functionality be as it was in IP2003?

Will I be able to use the IP2010 designer to open and publish these IP2003 templates as if nothing is different?

Is this "Filler" part of IP2010?

Thanks,

Hi ZaiZai,

Yes, they should work fine so long as you use the "Filler". InfoPath 2003 form templates with javascript do not work in the SharePoint browser forms, but you don't have SharePoint so no problem there.

There were some bugs in the upgrade from 2003 to 2007 - one I remember was around email data connectors and whether the view shows or not. There were some others, but in general, you should be fine. You should try to open the InfoPath 2003 template in InfoPath 2010 and verify it can open and preview it, etc.

I wouldn't expect you to experience any trouble though. We still have InfoPath 2003 forms here and they work in 2010.