Chapter 6. Working with Controls in General

As you saw in the last chapter InfoPath provides a powerful designer for creating your forms. When you add the data source and drag fields onto a form, InfoPath adds controls that allow you to view and manage your information. So far we have only scratched the surface of what you can do with the controls provided by InfoPath.

The controls provide so much that two chapters are devoted just to them alone. In the next chapter, you will see how to take advantage of some of the more advanced controls provided. But before that, you will need to see just what you can do with all the controls that come in the control task pane. In this chapter you will:

• See what controls are provided, and the purpose of each.

• Learn how to take advantage of the Property sheet and some important properties.

• Provide data validation on the form.

• Work with rules and figure out when to use them.

• Use conditional formatting on controls.

• Create controls that use formulas.