Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out

Chapter 21. Creating enterprise forms

Creating InfoPath forms

Creating Access forms

Creating custom forms

Summary

MICROSOFT SharePoint has a long history of being a capable platform for hosting and managing business forms of all types. In the past, these forms fell largely into two categories: declarative (no code) and custom code. Depending on the specific requirements (or skills of the forms designer), SharePoint forms were generally created with Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft SharePoint Designer, or Microsoft Visual Studio.

These options all still exist in SharePoint 2013, although SharePoint Designer is being deemphasized as a forms tool. InfoPath XML-based forms and Visual Studio 2012 custom forms are still fully supported ...