What's the difference between a forms library vs. the central admin page where you manage form templates in sharepoint?

Question

I was wondering in sharepoint what the difference between a forms library in sharepoint vs the central admin page under manage form templates. I am trying to upload .xsn files so that no one can access them, but I don't know if I should upload them to the central admin page or if a forms library will suffice. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The big differences with deploying through Central Admin are:

• admin deployment only (though you've already figured this one out)
• form versioning is available
• may be made available to all site collections at the discretion of the admin
• when you deploy a form, it deploys as a content type
• are intended for forms that contain code (other than the inline stuff) - a form in a form library cannot contain code

You can also deploy an InfoPath form to a content type, so that it can be available to a site collection.

To use forms deployed through Central Admin, you'd create a new form library, then allow management of content types for the form library and configure the library for this content type.