InfoPath with SharePoint 2010 How-To

As a complete beginner with InfoPath, I needed a book that could get me started with the basics. This book delivered. Although there are still a few questions that I can't seem to find answers for, it has been very helpful.

I would give this a 3, but encourage anyone who isn't an advanced dev or naturally objective to shy away from it.This book has a split personality:Positive:The tutorials in this book are fantastic, though some have issues in that they don't actually work, but those become fewer and fewer as the book progresses. This is arguably one of the most useful manuals in regards to how to actually perform tasks in InfoPath and anyone who can restrict themselves to just reading the point by points is going to get a lot out of it, and have a rock solid understanding of InfoPath.Here's the other side...Negative:Pivotal points of this book label it as non-objective. The author has an issue in his writing in that he assumes his opinion and bias equals fact. He doesn't comment much outside of InfoPath, but two things stand out to me when he does:1. He views InfoPath as a panacea for all SharePoint's ills2. He hasn't touched office integration in 10 years, if ever, and doesn't have a clue what he's talking about in terms of integrating office documents with SharePoint dataHe draw some conclusions that are not just wrong, they could stunt people's abilities as developers moving forward as he presents them as best practice when they're anything but.Short summary:The author has written a treasure trove of fantastic tutorials that are good for devs of all levels, but leaves his actual realm of expertise at a few key points to comment on things he by all appearances has little experience with.Skip everything that could be taken as subjective, or take it with a serious grain of salt and this book is worth the money.

This book is compact and easy to read. If you are concentrating on InfoPath as a part or the whole solution then this is a fantastic book to have. Book breaks down into nice easy to read and digest snipets of how InfoPath could be used within an implementation.

This book is OK but not great. I agree with some previous comments that the author does not go into a lot of details which sometimes can be good but in this case its bad.I have to admit that I sort of learned a few things from this book when I first started using InfoPath. I say a few because it gave me insight into features and capability I was not yet familiar with but the problem is that the instructions and explanations are not detailed enough. I think I am pretty good with InfoPath now and I learned most of the things just by using it and also looking up information online. The ability to create rules is a huge part of InfoPath and unfortunately this book only gives a brief overview and just a few examples. Hopefully in the next edition there will be more information about rules and how to use them with each control because they are all different. There should also be more examples about how to pull in external data like the users phone number, department, etc...

I scanned the book and had many questions answered, but unfortunately I wasn't able to implement its teaching because the company I worked for didn't have the right version of SharePoint.

I received the book very fast. It is as advertised and has very good information. I would recommend this book and this seller.

To learn this is a good book. However, of course that it all depends on what you really want to do. The examples guide you and lead you but you will NOT find a step by step situation if you want to do something intricate with it.

One of Steve's better books.

Das Buch ist für den schnellen Einstieg sehr gut,aber bei dem Titel HowTo erwarte ich umfangreichere Erklärungen bezüglich ListForms, also Formulare, die Sharepoint Listen direkt zugeordnet sind, sowie andere weitergehende Erklärungen.Meiner Meinung nach fehlt dem Buch auch Struktur, also eine gute Aufteilung der Informationen.Es gibt aber wohl im Moment noch sehr wenig Bücher und Informationen über InfoPath, obwohl man damit sehr viel machen kann.Ich hoffe, daß ein Buch, welches von Addison Wesley erscheinen wird, mehr Informationen enthält, insbesondere, da es mehr also 1000 Seiten haben soll.Für den professionellen Gebrauch von InfoPath bietet das hier rezensierte Buch einen schnellen Einstieg, jedoch muss danach relativ schnell nach weitergehender Information gesucht werden.Vielleicht hätte das Buch auch 4 Sterne verdient, dann aber nicht aus meiner Sichtweise, als professioneller Anwender.Jedoch denke ich, daß dieses Buch überwiegend professionelle Anwender lesen werden, daher nur 3 Sterne.

Received on time as stated. I use SharePoint on a regular basis. This book gave me additional insights into its capabilities. Which i believe will help our application. Will definitely try them out.

Lange habe ich nach einem geeigneten Buch über den Umgang mit Infopath und der Veröffentlichung der Formulare in Sharepoint gesucht.Leider gibt es für die Version 2010 noch kein deutsches Buch, darum ist es dieses hier geworden.Das Buch erklärt auf Verständliche Weise, wie Formulare in Infopath erstellt werden können und wie diese dann auch Ihren Weg in den Sharepoint Server finden.Neben dieser Möglichkeit, werden natürlich auch alle anderen Wege verständlich erklärt, was ich mit den erstelleten Formularen in Infopath anstellen kann (Web Veröffentlichung, Versand per Mail, Infopath Filler, usw.).Alles in allem bin ich mit dem Buch sehr zufrieden und kann es nur weiterempfehlen.