Microsoft tests InfoPath update
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Microsoft is set to release a trial version Monday of its first major update to InfoPath, the new electronic forms application released last year as part of the Office family.
The beta version of Service Pack 1 (SP1) will include several significant new features, said Microsoft product manager Bobby Moore, along with the typical performance enhancements and bug fixes included in a service pack. The final version of the InfoPath update will be included in the release of SP1 for Office 2003, set for late June.
The update will include significant changes for developers, Moore said, including new scripting support for Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net and Visual Basic environments. The new version also will enhance support for use of custom dialects, or schemas, of XML (Extensible Markup Language), the basic language behind InfoPath and other e-forms products. "In the past, there was difficulty handling some complex schemas," Moore said.