I’ve an InfoPath form that the filler needs to specify people. A workflow later assigns tasks to these people. What I’m looking for is a people picker like what SharePoint has for user fields, but that I can use in InfoPath. I’ve already designed a form to do this where the filler can put in a name or email and the form will list results from the site.allusers group.
The problem is, what if the person that needs to be added into the form has never accessed this particular site collection before. Their account isn’t going to be listed in the AllUsers list.
Where in the object model can I search for a user that is able to authenticate with SharePoint?
Why not just use the OTB one in InfoPath and configure it to point to your SharePoint environment?
http://www.sharepointassist.com/2009/02/27/adding-a-contact-selectorpeople-picker-to-an-infopath-form/
If your running MOSS with AD integration, then it should automatically retrieve everyone that’s in your domain if AD synch is enabled.