Datasheet

Binding Icons
In design mode you can tell if a form control is correctly bound to an element or attribute in the data
source. Icons are displayed in the top right corner of the control if a control is not bound to a field or
there is a duplicate binding. If the binding is correct, the icon shows only when you mouse over the
control. The following table shows the icons and their meanings.
Icon Meaning
The binding is correct.
The control may not function as expected because more
than one control is bound.
The control will not function correctly because it is
unbound.
Summary
In this introduction to InfoPath, you looked at how InfoPath fits into the new developments in XML
forms processing and saw how desktop applications compare and contrast with those designed around
declarative approaches like XForms. You also reviewed the use of XML standards in InfoPath and some
of the constraints that exist, and followed an outline of the programming environment. As a prelude to
the overview of InfoPath architecture in Chapter 2, you dipped into some of the interesting features of
the design mode user interface.
Now it’s time to start working.
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