Displaying InfoPath browser form within master page content

Is it possible to modify the FormServer.aspx page or create a new page based on the default master page to display a form generated from InfoPath Forms Server I would like to have a consistent look-and-feel throughout the site, including when users fill out information on a form. Right now, the form open up full-screen with no other content other than the form itself. I would like the menu bars and navigation present on the screen to keep the user aware of where he/she is in the site.

I'm aware that problems may arise should the user decide to click on one of these links outside of the form; I imagine it would be the same just as if the user navigated to a new URL - the form just wouldn't save.

Anyone have any insight into this



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Displaying InfoPath browser form within master page content

  • Wasim

    I also wonder whether this was available in the pre-release version; in the "7 Development Projects for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services Vesion 3.0 eBook" on page 201 (page 231 of the PDF), there's a screenshot of the form displayed within the master page of the SharePoint application.
  • Yelnik

    Hi

    You could also create the form, make it browser enabled and display it via page viewer webpart!

    cheers, Joost



  • Preston Moore

    Doing this seems like one would have to constrain which form is to be shown within the page viewer webpart. I'm trying to do this globally for all forms in the sharepoint site (three right now, up to eight soon). Also, I would want to be able to click on the individual .xml file if I were looking at the Forms library and have it open up in the browser-enabled form, which in turn in within the frame of the site's default master page. I don't think a page viewere webpart would do the trick.

    I've tried manually editing the FormServer.aspx page to encapsulate the XmlFormView tag within the proper master page element. I haven't had success doing it this way, figuring that this could be the only way.

    I've also noticed the ability to change the conversion settings for managed types. These settings are found in the top level site's settings under Galleies/Site Content Types. When I click on "Form", I get the option to Manage document conversion for this content type. This, too, did not present the form any differently.


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