More new features
The Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Service Pack includes support for the following features:
Rules You can specify conditions and actions, called rules, that automatically perform tasks based on events and values in the form. You can use rules to replace tasks you would otherwise accomplish by writing script. For example, you can use rules to automatically open or close a form, fill in a value in a field, switch views, show a dialog box, or query or submit to a data connection.
Tablet PC support If you use a tablet pen to fill out forms you can write directly in fields on a form, and then convert that ink to text. Depending on the design of your form, you can also add handwritten notes or drawings to certain fields, and then save the ink along with your form. If you design forms for Tablet PC users, you can now specify background pictures for ink picture controls.
Publishing options After designing your form, you can send it to others as an attachment in a Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 e-mail message. In addition, you can now design and publish forms in design mode at the Full Trust security level.
Form management The new Fill Out a Form dialog box appears whenever you open InfoPath. The options in this dialog box allow you to easily organize, locate, and update your forms. You can also open and design a form from this dialog box.
Feature access You can prevent users from gaining access to certain toolbar buttons and menu commands on their forms, including the Save, Save As, Export to, and Print options. You might do this, for example, when you want users to only be able to submit a form.
Enhanced language support You can now create and edit forms that contain text in Indic, South Asian, and right-to-left languages.