Summary

Within this chapter we have covered the advantages and design patterns that we use when developing smart client applications. It is important to remember that this solution is only one of many places that an InfoPath solution can be used. However, like many of the solutions we have talked about, it can easily be extended into other applications like Microsoft Office and even a Windows Form. This becomes even more important as you start to develop client applications designed for the Tablet PC. This platform provides additional extensibility that can easily be used within your applications.

It is important to understand all the topics that we have covered up to this point as we move into the next chapter and begin to discuss security. Design patterns are an important part of the application development cycle. Of course, one of the most important concepts of any application design is to ensure that all data is protected against both unwanted and unintentional access.