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INFOPATH 2003 SERVICE PACK 1 BETA -there is a hitch !

Feb 25, 2004 2:23AM PST

The forms created with InfoPath 2003 SP-1 aren't compatible with the original InfoPath 2003. In particular if you use one of the new controls, or any of a dozen new features in InfoPath 2003 SP-1, the forms you create won't work with InfoPath 2003. You have to upgrade everybody in your organization to SP-1 before they can use the new forms. (Or, just as damning, you can restrict yourself to using the original InfoPath features only as you create new forms.)

Oy.

A warning: you have to manually remove InfoPath 2003 from your PC before you install InfoPath 2003 SP-1 Beta 1.

On the plus side, this Beta version should work on your PC even if you don't have InfoPath 2003 installed. If you've been thinking about downloading Microsoft's 30-day free trial version of InfoPath, fuhgeddaboutit. Get the SP-1 Beta 1 trial instead.

You can download InfoPath 2003 SP-1 Beta 1 (a hefty 135 MB) at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d5adc839-73f4-4299-aba0-e88c90b25144&displaylang=en .

If you're programming InfoPatch, get the InfoPath 2003 SP-1 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7E9EBC57-E115-4CAC-9986-A712E22879BB&displaylang=en

From: Woody's OFFICE Watch WOW #9.06

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