6.7. Summary
You can have the most powerful and complete database in the world behind your InfoPath form, but if you don't use the right controls for the tasks they were created for, then users won't be able to work with the form intelligently. InfoPath provides controls for controlling how your data is inputted and displayed.
In this chapter, you learned how to control input using controls. The chapter also discussed how default values can be supplied for fields in new records so that you can specify what values those fields start with. Rules also can be created so that actions are performed based on conditions specified at design time. Formatting can be applied to fields and conditional formatting to cause records to be displayed based on values in the record.
Data validation can be added to make sure that good data is entered into your database. Display controls can be created using formulas, and command buttons added to perform tasks on your forms.
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