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It is just another example why investment in code for SharePoint is very unreliable.
I’m not sure that infopath so great tool. I and my colleagues stopped using infopath long time ago. Just we had to much headache with it’s unstable work. We created forms designer tool for ourselves, but now it is accessible for everyone to try. It works on SharePoint Foundation also well. Check this site http://spform.com. This tool can really make your life easier.
We’ve heard this more often. We would agree that normal asp.net pages are faster, but we’re still quite enthousiastic about InfoPath in the correct scenarios. In our experience, and we have lots of it with InfoPath/Forms Services, it’s easy to build a stable and professional looking solution that ranges from being simple to moderate. We really liked InfoPath forms in workflows, and if you don’t have InfoPath, what are you gonna say when end users want to create their own forms? We don’t think there is a product out there that makes the last thing that easy (but we’re open to suggestions)!
I’ve bought two books for infopath and my impression is that Infopath is a great tool, until you start using it in a real scenario. The luck of adding controls and the cumbersome programming style are shining out. I wished that Microsoft would invest in this direction, but no, it cripples it, just like xslt.
Well, we’ve certainly done our share of real scenarios, and have used InfoPath to our satisfaction. We do feel that, just like the SSRS product, there is a certain complexity level within a form, and once you reach that, InfoPath is no longer the ideal tool. We guess you;ve reached that barrier inm your project.