Hi all,
We are currently assessing the viability of using InfoPath 2007 and 2010 within SharePoint 2007 and 2010 in a more controlled IT environment (e.g.: multiple deployment environments).
We're hitting a few roadblocks when it comes to deploying InfoPath to multiple environments and are looking for guidance/best-practices. Our current situation is as follows:
1) We'd like to develop our InfoPath form locally in the developer's machine using the developer's SharePoint local instance. (Let's call this environment as LOCAL).
2) We'd like to deploy the InfoPath form to a TEST environment for QA to test before we graduate the form to the PRODUCTION environment.
3) Some of the data may come from an XML file, a SharePoint List, a SharePoint Workflow, etc and all of them are well-prepared in the various environments mentioned above: LOCAL, TEST, PRODUCTION.
4) ... and don't forget to submit to the right target (document library, list, etc) regardless of the environments
We'd like to know how we can deploy the InfoPath form independent of the environment.
... and to extend the question: can someone refer us to an article that explains InfoPath best practices that covers making re-usable form templates (or sub-forms) with independent data source?
Thanks!