Email received:

I have installed the SP 1 preview of InfoPath and recently completed the design of a form. The form doesn’t use any of the new features. Actually, I had designed it using the original InfoPath and accidentally upgraded it. Is there a way to remove the SP 1 features?

Answer:

Absolutely, if you have a form and need to turn off the upgrade follow these steps.

1. Open the form in design mode.

2. Once in design mode you then select Tools -> Form Options

3. Select the Advanced tab. At the bottom you can then click the export button and save the form. This will save the form as an InfoPath 1.0 form.

Now, once you have the form in compatibility mode, or if you need to design a form using InfoPath 1.0 make sure that you turn off the SP 1 features. Follow these steps to turn off the features in the Service Pack.

1. Open InfoPath and select the Tools -> Options menu

2. Select the Advanced tab and click the first box “Disable Service Pack Features”.

Once you close and reopen InfoPath, any forms that you open are no longer using or taking advantage of the InfoPath SP 1 features.

I recently completed some prototyping with a customer around the new mobile features of Visual Studio 2005 using the May preview. I thought it would make an interesting post with some of the screen shots and the things that struck me.

At the onset using the smart device application is fairly straight forward.

The emulators have changed significantly. This includes the ability to have multiple states and emulators.

The most startling visual difference was around the actual picture of the device within the IDE. This skin is completely customizable.

You can even interact with the device skin. If you notice, as I hold the cursor over it, the fact that it is a power button comes up.

Not only can I hover on it. But when I click it, I end up directly in the code that handles it!