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<META HTTP-EQUIV="assetid" CONTENT="HV01039180"><META NAME="lcid" CONTENT="1033"><title>About form architecture</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="office10.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" src="ExpCollapse.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="inline.js"></script></head><body><p id="ExpandAllLine" class="ExpFav"><a href="#" onclick="ExpandAll()" onkeypress="ExpandAll()" class="DropDown"><img id="picHeader" border="0" src="expandtri.gif" alt="Show All"><span id="ExpandAll">Show All</span></a></p><h1>About form architecture</h1><div class="ofvbanav"><span class="ofvbanavreuse" id="seealso" onclick="toggleList()" onkeypress="toggleList()"></span><span class="ofvbanavreuse" id="specifics" onclick="toggleList()" onkeypress="toggleList()"></span></div><p>Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 forms are composed of several files and components that are combined to provide specific functionality for a particular end user scenario or business need. InfoPath forms can vary in complexity depending on the type of need that they address.</p><p>An InfoPath form is essentially a type of application that creates a specified class of XML documents, defines their layout and editing behavior, enforces their data consistency, and provides the routing information that indicates where they should be stored.</p><p>It is important to understand that InfoPath forms are composed of several different files of many different types; these files are collectively known as the <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'xdformfiles')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'xdformfiles')">form files</a>. Usually, an InfoPath form is composed of the following types of files.</p><table><tr><th>Name</th><th>Extension</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>Form definition</td><td>.xsf</td><td>An InfoPath-generated file that contains information about all of the other files and components used in a form. This file serves as the manifest for the form.</td></tr><tr><td>XML Schema</td><td>.xsd</td><td>The <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'OfXmlSchemas')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'OfXmlSchemas')">XML Schema</a> files that are used to constrain and validate a form's underlying XML document files.</td></tr><tr><td>View</td><td>.xsl</td><td>The presentation logic files that are used to present, view, and transform the data contained in a form's underlying XML document files.</td></tr><tr><td>XML template </td><td>.xml</td><td>The .xml file that contains the default data that is displayed in a view when a new form is created.</td></tr><tr><td>XML component template</td><td>.xct</td><td>The .xml file representations of the editing controls that are used when creating and filling out a form.</td></tr><tr><td>Presentation</td><td>.htm, .gif, .bmp, and others</td><td>The files used in conjunction with the view files to create a custom user interface.</td></tr><tr><td>Business logic</td><td>.js, .vbs</td><td>The script files (Microsoft <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'ofjscript')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'ofjscript')">JScript</a> and Microsoft <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'ofVBScript')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'ofVBScript')">VBScript</a>) that contain programming code used to implement specific editing behavior, <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'xddatavalidation')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'xddatavalidation')">data validation</a>, <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'xdeventhandler')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'xdeventhandler')">event handlers</a>, control of data flow, and other custom business logic.</td></tr><tr><td>Binary</td><td>.dll, .exe</td><td> The custom <a href="#" class="glossary" onclick="AppendPopup(this,'ofcomponentobjectmodelcom')" onkeypress="AppendPopup(this,'ofcomponentobjectmodelcom')">Component Object Model (COM)</a> components that provide additional business logic.</td></tr><tr><td>Form template</td><td>.xsn</td><td>The compressed file format (.cab) that packages all the form files into one file.</td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript" language="JScript" src="ofvbanl.js"></script><span id="ofVBAISpan" class="ofvbaispan"><iframe id="ofVBAIFrame" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="4" scrolling="auto" width="100%" src="../links/inconAboutFormArchitecture_l.htm"></iframe></span><center><a href="XMLSchemaCopyright_HV01147162.htm">©2003-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</a>
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