Re: Getting training for Infopath

Jennifer Walts — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:54:04 GMT

Hi - The Jan. 11-13 class is online and will be held 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Eastern (UTC-5). We're also talking to some customers about holding an in-person class in Denmark. Let me know if you're interested in either (CourseManager@Qdabra.com)

Re: Getting training for Infopath

blueben — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:56:05 GMT

Ah, i should have specified that I'm actually located in the UK.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

Re: Getting training for Infopath

Patrick Halstead — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:53:43 GMT

Hi BlueBen,

We have a course in January: http://www.qdabra.com/en/training/training.aspx. Send email to CourseManager (at) Qdabra (dot) com for a syllabus. Lots of great content. I just gave the class last week.

Getting training for Infopath

blueben — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:29:42 GMT

Hi - this is a little complicated so let me set out my situation.

Earlier in the year I got a new job in a systems role. One of the tasks they wanted me to undertake was introduce some form of electronic approval form process throughout the department to replace the Word/Email ones. So naturally I looked at Infopath as a way of achiving this. Although IT literate, I had no previous experience with either Infopath, XML or Sharepoint so for the last 6 months I have been teaching myself, with assistance from books and forums.

Now I have got to the stage where I can impliment most of the basic and intermediate form design (controls, validation, comboboxes with look up and automatic filtering, optional sections, people pickers, buttons etc). I have also been able to publish a form and have it used by individuals throughout the department. However I still feel that I don't understand 90% of what Infopath does. I continue to encounter 'bugs' in my form which perplex me; I am finding even basic formatting of forms (getting font colours and table sizes right) a nightmare and, most importantly, I have no real idea how to create the type of workflow and integrated export and importing of data that infopath is designed to do. This is combined with numerous issues I am having with regards to access rights and performance (my form can take over a minute to open on some systems).

So basically I need further training. I'm now looking at external courses however they all seem to either deal with basic form design (of which 90% would be a waste of time for me) or sharepoint integration. I am interested in undertaking Sharepoint training but not until I have a full understanding of how Infopath forms work.

Does anyone have any suggestions on courses or futher materials I could use to get up to speed?

Thank you

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