Philo's WebLogMusings of a former Office Developer EvangelistInfoPath & SharePoint screencast demo- September 28, 2007 As follow-up to the "hook InfoPath to a database" demo, here I'm taking a step back to a simpler form - building an InfoPath form to be used on its own in conjunction with SharePoint. http:channel9.msdn.comShowPost.aspxPostID=344635 In the next few videos I'm going to cover: InfoPath, xml schemas, and xml An advanced InfoPath form connected to a database Connecting an InfoPath form to a .Net web service Connecting an InfoPath form to a SQL Server web service eForms & workflow..http://blogs.msdn.com/philoj/archive/2007/09/28/infopath-sharepoint.aspx SQL Server Analysis Services in ten minutes- September 24, 2007 Analysis Services has been part of SQL Server for a while, but it's underappreciated by most. I've posted another video on Channel 9 to try to share what a powerful capability this is for understanding large volumes of aggregated data. More than just the simple demo (showing a cube, clicking through some dimensions, pulling the data into Excel 2007), Analysis Services opens the door to truly powerful analytic capabilities in data mining, visualization, and (with PerformancePoint Server),...http://blogs.msdn.com/philoj/archive/2007/09/24/sql-server-analysis-services-in-ten-minute... Philo on EDI- September 24, 2007 I wrote this post on Joel On Software in 2004 in response to a newbie asking about EDI. Since then I have referred several people to it, but a few times I've found the post tricky to find. So, instead of constantly relying on the benevolence of Joel acting as a library for me, I'm going to recycle bits and post this here. The advice is targeted towards EDI, but it really is good general purpose advice for building ETL or any kind of document parsing... Step 1: Get sample data from every...http://blogs.msdn.com/philoj/archive/2007/09/24/philo-on-edi.aspx Why InfoPath- September 20, 2007 Okay, I'm going to try a different approach on the "why do I care about InfoPath" issue. I recorded a short screencast and posted it to Channel9: http:channel9.msdn.comShowPost.aspxPostID=343092 In the screencast, I walk through setting up an InfoPath form to connect to a database, and show how the idea is to free up developers from having to write form after form after form... I'd like feedback on if this approach helps, and if you'd like to see more screencasts. For.http://blogs.msdn.com/philoj/archive/2007/09/20/why-infopath.aspx |