SharePoint Integration

Re: Solution for converting IP Form Services Forms in Sharepoint 2007 to PDF

jritmeijer@muhimbi.com — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:28:57 GMT

Hi Phil,

Let me add 2 cents from Muhimbi's perspective.

InfoPath is a very complex product, more a development environment than a document format. As a result it is not feasible to create an InfoPath runtime engine from the ground up for the purpose of PDF Conversion.

A typical InfoPath form contains the following

Ink Controls for capturing signatures
Custom C# or .NET code
Various connections to a number of different external data sources
Digitally signed sections
File attachments
Multiple Views

The only way to get acceptable results is to use InfoPath in the background, and even then it is not a trivial task. Over the last few years we have steadily made improvements. As a result many of the largest organisations in the world are now using our product for converting InfoPath forms to PDF.

We understand that running an Office application on the server is not always desirable, however the Muhimbi PDF Converter for SharePoint contains a layer of software that makes sure that any interaction with Office happens in a secure, reliable and scalable manner. You can even place your conversion server on a separate system, there is no need to run it on your SharePoint front end servers.

There are many InfoPath related posts on our blog. Some of the highlights are

Converting and merging multiple files using the PDF Converter for SharePoint

Converting InfoPath forms including all attachments to a single PDF file

Batch print InfoPath Forms using the PDF Converter for SharePoint

Controlling which views to export to PDF format in InfoPath

Convert and merge multiple PDF files using SharePoint Designer workflows

Convert and Merge PDFs using Nintex Workflow and the PDF Converter for SharePoint

Combining multiple PDF files using a SharePoint Designer Workflow

Converting and merging multiple files using the PDF Converter Services and .NET / C#

I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Re: Solution for converting IP Form Services Forms in Sharepoint 2007 to PDF

Karsten Brocksieper — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:28:38 GMT

Hi Phil,

...and welcome to our forum.

a few days ago I have answered a similar question in this forum. Please have a look at the following thread:

http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/p/20504/71005.aspx#71005

Another good article regarding this issue will you find here:

http://www.bizsupportonline.net/browserforms/print-infopath-browser-form-pdf.htm

Regards,

Solution for converting IP Form Services Forms in Sharepoint 2007 to PDF

philo11 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:26:22 GMT

I am new to Infopath and InfoPath Form Services under Sharepoint.

We have a business requirement to convert Infopath Forms to PDF. It is important to note that

1) We employ Form Services forms that are delivered from SharePoint 2007

2) The forms contain attached/embedded documents (typically Office, additional pdfs, standard image types, etc..)

3) We researched mihumbi but this tool requires infopath client and MS Office to be installed on our servers - not desireable

4) Are there any development components that enable this capability (web Services, .NET, other)

All help would be appreciated..

Phil