R – InfoPath forms viewer web part

I like to think of Infopath forms as being a great solution to the age old "form in a word doc" issue that companies have. It moves the task of creating and modifying forms closer to the people who care about the information.

There are tasks that are difficult to achieve in Infopath, but again it depends on the knowledge of the person creating the form more than the technology itself.

For forms that are complex and/or require large throughput, a straight ASP.NET form would be a better fit. As always it is about choosing the correct (cheapest total cost?) technology to solve a problem rather than shoehorning a solution from whatever is lying around. (i.e. I still don't know enough about InfoPath to make a decision easily all the time).

The only way to stop that from happening is to publish the form template to a place they don't have access to. I usually publish them to the "Forms Template Library" at the top level site; and lock down access that way.

edit: To clarify, users cannot open a previously saved form and edit the template that way. They must be able to get their hands on the physical "Form Template" and that's what you have to lock down.