Forms Services is a component of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Enterprise version only) which allows Microsoft Office InfoPath forms to be hosted in a SharePoint web site and serve them using a browser based interface. InfoPath facilitates wider access to business forms, simplifies forms ...
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Can't deploy Admin Approved Form Template using XSNFeatureReceiver in SharePoint 2010
I am trying to deploy an Administrator Approved InfoPath form template to SharePoint 2010 as a feature. I've done this lots of times in 2007 and never had an issue - but this will not play ball.
I ...
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How do I change the hostname in InfoPath Form data connection?
I've created a InfoPath form which uses Data Connections. This was on server1.
Now I want to change this InfoPath Form on server2 (server1 does not exist anymore). I want to add a new Data ...
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Infopath 2007 returns “The Form Has Been Closed” instead of navigating to source
I have an Infopath 2007 form which I have been struggling with. Now when I close the form (from a Rule on a button), the form does not navigate back to the Source URL but instead gives a browser ...
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Why do InfoPath browser forms with managed code behave differently in IE and Firefox?
Symptoms:
You develop a browser-compatible InfoPath form with managed code for business logic.
You use ContactSelector ActiveX control to look up and resolve users from the SharePoint site Users ...
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Deploying all components of an InfoPath form plus managed code as a solution
Has anyone successfully packaged up an InfoPath form solution with the following features?
Custom site columns for properties promoted from form
Custom content types to be associated with form
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Validation, when using code to submit an Infopath 2010 form
I have a fairly complex infopath 2010 browser form (Being used to process expense claims) that is using code to perform the submission rather than a rule. The initial submit uses code as it needs to ...
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InfoPath form calculations work in client but not in browser
I have an InfoPath 2010 form that needs to be deployed via SharePoint forms services in Internet Explorer. The form contains some calculations that should update whenever a field is changed. The ...
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SharePoint URL pointing to a InfoPath with variables in the URL
I have a question as follows:
I need a SharePoint URL that contain something like this:
http://sharepoint.com/subsite/feedback.aspx?name="Mary Rose"
whereby the URL contain a variable called "Mary ...
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DocIdRedir.aspx sometimes redirects to search results instead of document preview
I have a site collection with Document ID service enabled, and then a Document Library with DocumentID Value column exposed in the default view. For ~80% documents when an user clicks on DocumentID it ...
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Force SharePoint InfoPath content type to open through browser, not pop out InfoPath
When I:
create a form in InfoPath designer
publish it as a new content type to my FormTemplates folder
Go into my Forms Library and add from existing content types this content type
It allows me to ...
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How to report bugs, give suggestions and feedback on Sharepoint, SPD, Infopath?
I am continuously bumping against annoying bugs (and/or inconveniencies "by design") in Sharepoint Server 2010, its related tools and services like:
Infopath Designer 2010,
Microsoft Sharepoint ...
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Choose specific item from sharepoint list as default value?
In SharePoint I have a list full of people from AD with a Name (presence). I have another drop down menu with different items, so based on this drop down menu I want to be able to specify who should ...
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Restrict other user to access opened web-based InfoPath form
May I know how to restrict other user from accessing a particular web-based InfoPath form in a document library which was open by a user?
(Suppose that the InfoPath form need to be amend from time to ...
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what does nullreferenceexception mean in my sharepoint log - my infopath form won't “submit” anymore
I tweaked my infopath form by taking out a Lookup field that i no longer needed, and deleting the Data Connection, and now i can no longer submit my form. I get this error:
The SOAP response ...
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publish infopath listform to sharepoint multiple site's list
I have one site collection that having two subwebs: i.e web1,web2
both webs having one Test custom list.i have open Test list and using Customize Form tab into list setting of Ribbon.
than i publish ...
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Sharepoint 2010 - Infopath form 2010 deployment
An InfoPath form template can be published into SharePoint as
Form Library
Site Content type
Administrator approved form template
I have found lot of examples on how to deploy "Administrator ...
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InfoPath 2007 Web-based form to show different page views
I have created a web-based InfoPath form that have 4 views (a.k.a Page Views) - View All, Loan View, Price View and Location View.
May I know what buttons or settings I have to click or configure in ...
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Downloading web-based InfoPath Form
May I know if there are ways to download web-based InfoPath form from a SharePoint Site and view it under a InfoPath Viewer?
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Multiple Controls on Infopath Form not working
On my form after a section that was hidden is shown due to conditional formatting all option buttons and checkboxes on the form seem to lose the binding to their datatypes.
What happens is that any ...
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Modifying the InfoPath Form Validation Message
I am building a customer facing SharePoint 2010 site that uses InfoPath 2010 for forms. My client does not like the default alert message that is displayed when the end user tries to submit a form ...
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InfoPath 2007 Web-based form reading from Bar Code Scanner
May I know if it is possible to query InfoPath 2007 web-based form via a bar code scanner.
Scenario
I have a bar code scanner and a web-based InfoPath form. The InfoPath form contain one section for ...
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infopath 2010 with sharepoint 2010 javascript error [closed]
I have an infopath form with a datepicker control published to SharePoint. When I open the form from the server it works correctly. When I open the form from the client machine it generates a ...
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How to change the tooltip in an infopath document using codebehind [closed]
I need to change the tooltips in an infopath form using the code behind. How should I do that?
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How do I send an email when a value has been changed?
I have an InfoPath web based form that has a few email addresses set up in different sections of the form. I want the Submit action to send an email to the changed email address only and not all. Is ...
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Can InfoPath forms have multiple code-behind files?
I've recently been doing support work for few solutions built with browser-based InfoPath forms. And all of the solutions have had a large amount of customization using code-behind.
So far I've only ...
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Infopath admin approved forms at Site Collection level
I have created an Infopath Form which has some custom C# Code written. Since this form contains code it has to be an admin approved form and hence I need to go to central admin -> upload template and ...
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SharePoint Server with Infopath, submit a form without knowing that your saving it
We are looking into using InfoPath with our current SharePoint infrastructure to submit easy non workflow forms that we currently are creating in asp and I have some basic questions I hope that you ...
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InfoPath Decimal Field Not Maintaining Decimal Preceding in SharePoint Library
Here is what I have done.
I have created one new blank InfoPath Form and added (for example) 3 fields, say A1, B1, C1.
A1 = Decimal Field = Decimal Preceding : Auto
B1 = Decimal Field = Decimal ...
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Access error publishing InfoPath form to Forms Services
I am trying to publish an InfoPath form to a SharePoint form library, but I am running into problems. Immediately after clicking the Next button in the Publishing Wizard, I receive "You are not ...
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Locked Row in database for key on Infopath Submission for Contribute Permission + below w/ Custom Event Reciever (ItemUpdating)
Basic Rundown of Process: I am creating a Process wherein an InfoPath form is Submitted to a Library, certain managers will then have the ability to change a drop-down to either Approved or Rejected, ...
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InfoPath Form Library Form in Web Part
How can I get an existing form library form (that is, one that has already been submitted) to display in a info path web part?
For form library forms, as distinct from list forms, I can only seem to ...
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Add new fields to an existing InfoPath and also fill in the newly added fields
I have an existing Infopath form in Sharepoint and they all have data in those forms. I'm able to update the new fields I add to the Infopath in SharePoint.
Now one of my problems I have is:
Those ...
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Email to user who modified the web-based InfoPath 2007 form
May I know how to create a Workflow in a form library that email to the user who modify the form and also CC to a manager? (the manager is a fixed person while the person who modify the form is ...
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Promoting all fields in InfoPath to SharePoint
This is probably more of an InfoPath 2007 question, but ultimately I've created a form with 180 fields in it (don't ask, customer requirement) and ultimately I'm wondering is there an easy way to just ...
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InfoPath 2010 error on MOSS 2007
We developed an Infopathc 2010 for (which include filters) and try to publish that on MOSS 2007. However, we are gettig an error msg: "the form cannot be converted because it was designed for a later ...
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Forms Web Service: GetFormCollection Results Not Useful
I'm trying to use the Forms Web Service, and specifically the GetFormCollection operation to get the currently set forms for SharePoint lists. Sadly, GetFormCollection seems to just kick back the ...
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InfoPath Form Services Publish: “The SOAP message cannot be parsed”
We are trying to publish a basic InfoPath Forms Services form for list with a very large number of columns - we think this might be the problem, but not sure. Here is the publish error:
"The SOAP ...
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Why Would Browser-Enabled InfoPath Form Error On Closing In An IFrame?
I’ve observed that when a browser-enabled InfoPath form is viewed in an IFrame on a site (other than the hosting SharePoint site), it does not "close" nor return to the Library view when clicking a ...
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Bind Lookup Column with External Site's List in Infopath Form 2010
Is this possible to bind datasource with dropdownlist of lookup column in Infopath form.
Means in my case :
i have one subsite : http://www.contoso.com/Marketing/Combraign
in this site having one ...
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Turn off SharePoint Error Messages
Is there a way to turn off error messages, that are returned from InfoPath forms either having invalid data, or permissions.
Here is a picture of them.
I would perfer for the form to just not ...
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My browser enabled Infopath form does not open in my browser
We have created a simple form in Infopath and have published it in a new library on our Sharepoint site.
When we navigate to the library and click "Add Document" we get an error saying:
This form ...
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Infopath forms permissions
I am concerned about custom infopath forms and its permissions. If I am customizing a form for data entry in a list, there is a form for new, edit, view. Who can see those forms? The same permissions ...
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If I need to update the InfoPath's XML File in sharepoint? Is it possible to do it?
I'm very new at SharePoint, please forgive my stupid questions or mistake....
Currently I'm in the process of updating the SharePoint Server. I would like to update the InfoPath Form in SharePoint ...
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Uploading a InfoPath form shows as Upgrading as status for a long time
After uploading a form under manage form templates under central admin, i am getting the status as "Upgrading" for a day.. The form is not getting upgraded.
All the application pools are running. ...
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Forms: Sharepoint or Infopath & SharePoint?
This is really more of a strategic question.
My company is looking at electronic forms in SP2010 (running a mix of InfoPath 2007 & 2010).
We currently run Office 2003 & MOSS2007 and run a ...
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InfoPath form editable to some people and read only to others?
Is it possible to have some controls in an InfoPath form editable to only a certain group of people and read only to everyone else?
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Different set of InfoPath form's Page View based on URL
Is it possible that one can enter a URL in a web browser that point to a certain page view for a web-based InfoPath 2007 form? (For SharePoint Server 2007)
Scenario:
A web-based InfoPath form that ...
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How to save/submit an InfoPath SharePoint 2010 Form library data into SQL database
I have an InfoPath form template created from a custom schema. This template is hosted in SharePoint 2010 InfoPath form library. I want to store the data in InfoPath form library so that I can use ...
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How do I close an InfoPath form page programmatically?
Is it possible to close an InfoPath form displayed in Forms Services via C#? I know I can close the form, but the actual InfoPath frame is still there.
Is there anyway to kill the process from within ...
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SharePoint Designer 2010 workflow: can't add a lookup column in a custom task process
In a Workflow I'm building with SPD, I want to use a custom task process. One of its field is "Category" which must be selected from a category list.
I create a site lookup column to this category ...
