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This topic includes guidance about some of the fundamental challenges that architects and developers face when they create a SharePoint application. The examples that provide guidance on how to address these challenges come from the Training Management reference implementation. This application demonstrates how to develop a basic SharePoint application. For a detailed discussion about the Training Management application, see Training Management Reference Implementation. The following subtopics describe the design decisions that were made for the Training Management application: Using Site Definitions. This topic explains the reasons for using a site definition to package the Training Management application. Content Types. This topic is a general discussion of content types and their relationships to list. Using SharePoint Lists vs. Database Tables. This topic explains the reasons why lists, instead of databases, are used for data storage in the Training Management application. Using ...

you can design workflows to automate business processes in your enterprise — such as document review, approval, and archiving, among others. Or you can quickly create workflows just to take care of routine processes on your team site, such as sending notifications or creating tasks. In this article How does a workflow evaluate steps? Before you begin Design the workflow Suggested next steps How does a workflow evaluate steps? Suggested next steps Now that you understand the key concepts and design considerations, you might want to design a workflow that has a specific application. You can find links to articles that present complete workflow examples in the See Also section.

What is InfoPath? InfoPath is an application to create XML based Data entry Forms and targeted for end users and developers. The flexibility to create more sophisticated forms with little or no code is one of the highlighted advantages of using InfoPath. InfoPath Designer is the tool to create Forms and it has a ribbon interface plus the Designer tools. InfoPath is a part of Microsoft Office Professional Plus. What are the advantages of using InfoPath with SharePoint? You might be thinking that SharePoint provides Lists which creates Forms for data entry. Then why we need InfoPath Forms? The answer would be additional features provided by InfoPath like: Rules support for validating Fields More flexibility in capturing repeated entries Managed Code Support Digital Signature support Users without Programming skills can create Forms Category Education License Standard YouTube License

What is InfoPath? InfoPath is an application to create XML based Data entry Forms and targeted for end users and developers. The flexibility to create more sophisticated forms with little or no code is one of the highlighted advantages of using InfoPath. InfoPath Designer is the tool to create Forms and it has a ribbon interface plus the Designer tools. InfoPath is a part of Microsoft Office Professional Plus. What are the advantages of using InfoPath with SharePoint? You might be thinking that SharePoint provides Lists which creates Forms for data entry. Then why we need InfoPath Forms? The answer would be additional features provided by InfoPath like: Rules support for validating Fields More flexibility in capturing repeated entries Managed Code Support Digital Signature support Users without Programming skills can create Forms Category Education License Standard YouTube License

Actaully I have infopath list forms and infopath forms does not allow to access Query string parameters of the pages on which they are placed. I have also tried to submit data from infopath 2010 list form to another list using web service (Lists.asmx) but I have failed (I am still need some help on this). Ok, let’s talk about the solution that how we can get Query string parameter in infopath 2010 form: Sharepoint 2010 have filter webparts that allows you to filter the page content by applying them, so I have use “Query string filter” webpart and set the properties of the Query string filter (Query string Parameter = <your parameter name>) . Filter Webparts could also send the data to different webparts placed on the same page. It can be done by selecting the filter webpart and use “Connections” and send the Query string data to the infopath form webpart. One thing here, in the connection dialog, you would not see lookup columns i.e. if you have made a lookup column which poin...