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Use this InfoPath starter form to create a great mobile experience

Glen
posted this on December 06, 2011 16:37

This InfoPath form template is one you can use for a jump start on creating your own mobile forms for use with the Formotus platform. It comes with some special Formotus views, layout tables and common fields already in place, and it has recommended font, spacing and color defaults built in.

Formotus Tablet View

Here is the view named Formotus Tablet, which makes it show by default on iPads and Android Honeycomb tablets:

StarterFormTabletView.png

The outside container is a one-cell table that's 750 pixels wide. Notice the font is larger (Verdana 12) than the InfoPath default font, and the default color is actually off-black. There is more padding inside table cells for a less crowded visual effect and to facilitate touch usability by moving controls a little farther apart.

The form is designed to submit by email sent, by default, to the mobile user of the form.

Formotus Mobile View

This the view named Formotus Mobile, which makes it the default view on iPhones and Android 2.x smartphones:

StarterFormMobileView.png

This view uses a smaller font ande  layout table 315 pixels wide so it's optimized for smaller screens.

Formotus Print View

This is the view named Formotus Print, which makes it the one that will be attached when a form is submitted by email:

StarterFormPrintView.png

This view is optimized for printing and online viewing.

If you are not submitting by email or using the Formotus Form Viewer (which lets people without InfoPath view submitted forms on SharePoint), then you do not need this view.

 

 
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