hosting-infopath-as-an-xml-editor-in-another-application.md

title	manager	ms.date	ms.audience	ms.localizationpriority	ms.assetid	description
Hosting InfoPath as an XML Editor in Another Application	lindalu	11/16/2014	Developer	medium	ae24b317-f486-763a-7009-e32c5cb85b59	The Microsoft InfoPath form editing environment can be hosted in a custom Windows application, which enables developers to integrate the InfoPath form editing environment into line-of-business applications.

Hosting InfoPath as an XML Editor in Another Application

The Microsoft InfoPath form editing environment can be hosted in a custom Windows application. This feature enables developers to integrate the InfoPath form editing environment into line-of-business applications. Developers writing traditional COM-based applications can use the InfoPathEditorObject object that is available by referencing the IPEDITOR.DLL, and developers writing Microsoft .NET-based applications can use the Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.FormControl assembly, which provides managed types based on the COM interface. The IPEDITOR.DLL and Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.FormControl assembly are both installed along with InfoPath in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15 folder.

The MSDN article, Hosting the InfoPath 2007 Form Editing Environment in a Custom Windows Form Application, focuses on the FormControl object and how to incorporate it into your custom .NET-based applications. The download associated with the article contains a custom application that provides .NET functions for replicating the InfoPath form editing environment through the use of COM IOleCommandTargets.