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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspx</link><description>If you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>Re: Assessing InfoPath 2007/2010 with SharePoint 2007/2010 Multi-Environment Deployments</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/77290.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:08:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:77290</guid><dc:creator>Patrick Halstead</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/77290.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&amp;PostID=77290</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;InfoPath 2007 and 2010 can coexist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are you employing developers to make LOCAL changes? Your InfoPath forms shouldn&amp;#39;t have code in them (or they should leverage a common library which can be injected without visual studio).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, it&amp;#39;s not hard. just use 2010 set to 2007 compatibility and evict the dev-heads.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Life is easy.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Assessing InfoPath 2007/2010 with SharePoint 2007/2010 Multi-Environment Deployments</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/77063.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:17:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:77063</guid><dc:creator>enathaniel</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/77063.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&amp;PostID=77063</wfw:commentRss><description>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&amp;#39;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:

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1) We&amp;#39;d like to develop our InfoPath form locally in the developer&amp;#39;s machine using the developer&amp;#39;s SharePoint local instance. (Let&amp;#39;s call this environment as LOCAL).

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2) We&amp;#39;d like to deploy the InfoPath form to a TEST environment for QA to test before we graduate the form to the PRODUCTION environment.

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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.

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4) ... and don&amp;#39;t forget to submit to the right target (document library, list, etc) regardless of the environments

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We&amp;#39;d like to know how we can deploy the InfoPath form independent of the environment. 

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... 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?

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Thanks!</description></item></channel></rss>