InfoPath 2003 SP1 Preview released today! Locations:
· http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D5ADC839-73F4-4299-ABA0-E88C90B25144&displaylang=en for the main preview.
· http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7E9EBC57-E115-4CAC-9986-A712E22879BB&displaylang=en for a Visual Studio plug-in to help make managed code business logic authoring easier.
Some of the new features (ones close to my team's hearts bolded):
- More control choices, including Master/Detail, File Attachment, Recursive Section, and Choice, as well as custom-authored controls..
- Better schema support, including built-in support for schema changes.
- Printing improvements, including page breaks, margins and print settings.
- Improved e-mail deployment of sandboxed solutions and auto-updating of trusted solutions.
- Better management and categorization of solutions.
- Tablet PC support improvements.
- Increased support for rules and roles for declarative business logic.
- Enhanced XPath expression support, including calculations without writing script.
- Additional data adaptors for email and SharePoint Products and Technologies lists.
- Better support for custom migration plug-ins.
- Enhanced Object Model (OM), including OnSave event, offline state, submit, and digital signatures.
- Improved support for secondary data sources.
- Additional support for business logic written in managed code (requires a separate download).
- Enhanced OM for external automation and windowless mode for application-level calls.
- Better support for ADO datasets and diffgrams to round-trip data changes.
- Additional support for complex scripts, such as right-to-left and South Asian languages.
- Enhanced support for digital signatures, including partial signatures, non-repudiation, co-signing, and counter-signing.
- Improved stability and performance, including auto-save and data recovery.