Deploy infopath form as content type when new form item ~ <a href="http://mstechsharing.blogspot.com/2013/04/home

Download Infopath Form and Project at HERE

Open Infopath 2010 designer >> New >> Blank Form >> Design Form

Design form like this

File >> Form Options

At Security and Trust “left panel” do like this

File >> Publish >> Network Location

Save infopath file to folder microsofttechnology.net

Continue publish your infopath form to your folder

Save it in same folder microsofttechnology.net

Here is path of infopath file is published >> Next

Delete all text at textbox >> Next

Click OK

Click Publish

Click Close

Publish infopath form to Central admin: Go to your central admin >> General Application Settings >> at InfoPath Form Services category click to “”Manage form templates

Click to Upload form template link

Browse to your infopath publish file

Upload successful

Activate your infopath form

Open your visual studio >> Add new project >> Empty Sharepoint Project >> Named is microsofttechnology

Right click to project >> add new item >> content type >> Named is microsofttechnologyCT

Choose inherit from Form content type

Here is default content

Replace code in file by

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<ContentType ID="0x01010100b3c8d04f923b4193b1b58f387884038a"

Name="microsofttechnologyCT"

Group="microsofttechnology"

Inherits="TRUE"

RequireClientRenderingOnNew="FALSE"

Version="0">

</FieldRefs>

</ContentType>

</Elements>

Right click to project >> add new item >> Module >> Named is microsofttechnologyModule

Delete the Sample.txt

Right click to microsofttechnologyModule >> Add new existing item

Browse to your infopath publish form

Clear the path properties of infopath form

Result like this

Add URL and Type into Elements.xml of module like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

</Module>

</Elements>

Explain for URL=”FormServerTemplates”: we publish form into FormServerTemplates form library

Rename Feature1 to microsofttechnologyFeature (option)

Add event receiver for feature

Default content like this

Add references to Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Dll (path: C>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Bin)

Using namespace:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.Security.Permissions;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Security;

using Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow;

Add code like this

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.Security.Permissions;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Security;

using Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Administration;

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow;

namespace microsofttechnology.Features.microsofttechnologyFeature

{

/// <summary>

/// This class handles events raised during feature activation, deactivation, installation, uninstallation, and upgrade.

/// </summary>

/// <remarks>

/// The GUID attached to this class may be used during packaging and should not be modified.

/// </remarks>

[Guid("503fca19-7ed2-40c4-b0a8-dd2883af7e9c")]

public class microsofttechnologyFeatureEventReceiver : SPFeatureReceiver

{

private const string MINIMALACTIVEXTOOPEN = "SharePoint.OpenXmlDocuments.2";

public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

SPSite site = properties.Feature.Parent as SPSite;

SPWeb web = site.RootWeb;

// Update the custom content type to allow rendering in web browser.

SPContentType ct = web.ContentTypes[new SPContentTypeId("0x01010100b3c8d04f923b4193b1b58f387884038a")];

if (ct.NewDocumentControl != MINIMALACTIVEXTOOPEN || ct.RequireClientRenderingOnNew)

{

ct.NewDocumentControl = MINIMALACTIVEXTOOPEN;

// Ensure the RequireClientRenderingOnNew property is correctly set for web browsing.

ct.RequireClientRenderingOnNew = false;

// Don't forget to update the content type with the changes.

ct.Update(true, false);

}

web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;

web.Lists.Add("MicrosoftTechnologyForm", "This is Form library for MicrosoftTechnology", SPListTemplateType.XMLForm);

web.Update();

SPList myFormLibrary = web.Lists["MicrosoftTechnologyForm"];

myFormLibrary.OnQuickLaunch = true;

myFormLibrary.ContentTypesEnabled = true;

SPContentType spContentType = web.AvailableContentTypes["microsofttechnologyCT"];

myFormLibrary.ContentTypes.Add(spContentType);

myFormLibrary.Update();

SetDefaultContentTypeOnSite(web, myFormLibrary);

}

public void SetDefaultContentTypeOnSite(SPWeb web, SPList splist)

{

if (splist.ContentTypesEnabled)

{

SPFolder rootFolder = splist.RootFolder;

IList<SPContentType> ctList = rootFolder.ContentTypeOrder;

if (ctList.Count > 1)

{

foreach (SPContentType ct in ctList)

{

if (ct.Name.Equals("Form"))

{

splist.ContentTypes["Form"].Delete();

splist.Update();

continue;

}

rootFolder.Update();

}

public override void FeatureInstalled(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

base.FeatureInstalled(properties);

FormsService formsService = GetFormsService();

if (formsService == null)

{

//throw new ArgumentNullException("formsService",

// string.Format("Unable to retrieve FormsService during installation of \"{0}\". Argument formsService was null."),

// properties.Feature.Definition.Name);

}

// Get list of form templates that are being deployed as part of this feature.

List<String> formTemplates = GetInfoPathFormTemplates(properties.Definition.Properties, properties.Definition.RootDirectory);

foreach (string formTemplate in formTemplates)

{

if (formsService.FormTemplates.ItemFromFile(formTemplate) == null)

{

FormTemplateCollection.RegisterFormTemplate(formTemplate, properties.Definition, false);

}

public override void FeatureUninstalling(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

{

base.FeatureUninstalling(properties);

FormsService formsService = GetFormsService();

if (formsService == null)

{

//throw new ArgumentNullException("formsService",

// string.Format("Unable to retrieve FormsService during uninstallation of \"{0}\". Argument formsService was null."),

// properties.Feature.Definition.Name);

}

// Get list of form templates that were deployed as part of this feature.

List<String> formTemplates = GetInfoPathFormTemplates(properties.Definition.Properties, properties.Definition.RootDirectory);

foreach (string formTemplate in formTemplates)

{

if (formsService.FormTemplates.ItemFromFile(formTemplate) != null)

{

formsService.FormTemplates.UnregisterFormTemplate(formTemplate, properties.Definition);

}

private List<String> GetInfoPathFormTemplates(SPFeaturePropertyCollection properties, string featureRootPath)

{

FileInfo[] filesInfo = new DirectoryInfo(featureRootPath).GetFiles("*.xsn");

List<String> infoPathFormFileSpecs = new List<String>();

foreach (FileInfo fileInfo in filesInfo)

{

infoPathFormFileSpecs.Add(Path.Combine(fileInfo.DirectoryName, fileInfo.Name));

}

return infoPathFormFileSpecs;

}

private FormsService GetFormsService()

{

FormsService formsService = null;

if (SPFarm.Local != null)

{

formsService = SPFarm.Local.Services.GetValue<FormsService>(string.Empty);

}

else

{

formsService = SPContext.Current.Site.WebApplication.Farm.Services.GetValue<FormsService>(string.Empty);

}

return formsService;

}

// Uncomment the method below to handle the event raised after a feature has been activated.

//public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

//{

//}

// Uncomment the method below to handle the event raised before a feature is deactivated.

//public override void FeatureDeactivating(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

//{

//}

// Uncomment the method below to handle the event raised after a feature has been installed.

//public override void FeatureInstalled(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

//{

//}

// Uncomment the method below to handle the event raised before a feature is uninstalled.

//public override void FeatureUninstalling(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)

//{

//}

// Uncomment the method below to handle the event raised when a feature is upgrading.

//public override void FeatureUpgrading(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties, string upgradeActionName, System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string, string> parameters)

//{

//}

}