Electronic forms software that integrates with SharePoint.
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Will an InfoPath 2007 form with managed code work on SharePoint 2010?
I have an existing InfoPath 2007 form containing managed code. The form is now published on SharePoint 2007. The form will be edited and created using the InfoPath 2007 client, so no Web Form in this ...
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Why is GetUserProfileByName from InfoPath Forms Services with claims authentication failing?
I have a web application with an ADFS 2.0 trusted identity provider, and it's the only authentication provider. When I login, SharePoint correctly associates me with the my stored profile, but calls ...
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How to submit data from repeatable table in infopath form to a sharepoint list?
I have a infopath form created from a sharepoint list content type. In this form I need to add a repeatable table to send data to another sharepoint list. So when people submit this form the original ...
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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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Infopath's built in Username() function returning “i:0#.w|Domain\UserName” instead of just UserName?
How can I modify the UserName() return string to display only the username as opposed to
"i:0#.w|Domain\UserName"?
When I had the same form in my development environment it returned ...
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Infopath change Publish Location
Working with Infopath 2010 here and SP 2010.
I've created my form and published it while in DEV. Now, I want to publish it to the Prod Location. Here's the issue and to me, quite strange.
I can't ...
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Anonymous Access users can't submit InfoPath 2010 form to Form Library
We have a public-facing SharePoint 2010 Enterprise server hosting a Publishing Portal site running InfoPath Forms Services. We have an InfoPath Form on the server which submits to a Form Library. This ...
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How to get solutionVersion, productVersion and PIVersion for published InfoPath form?
I have to create an InfoPath form from c# code. So I use xsd.exe to create c# objects and XmlSerializer to compose xml files.
Also I must define "mso-application" like "progid="InfoPath.Document" ...
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List view like a document
I have a huge form in sharepoint 2007 i made in infopath that was originally a paper form the client would still like to view it like the paper form.
Is their anyway to make a view that looks more ...
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How do I extract / retrieve the full link to a attachment file inside a InfoPath 2007 form?
Suppose that a user have attached a Jack.jpg file as a attachment to a online InfoPath 2007 form, is there a way to retrieve or extract the full URL of this attachment file Jack.jpg?
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Insert images from computer into Rich Text Box
I'm using SharePoint 2010. Out of the box forms allow me to imbed images that I can upload from my computer. If I edit the form using InfoPath (something I want to do) I lose this ability.
Has ...
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Getting the name of the current library in an administrator approved infopath form
I have an infopath 2010 form with attached code, so I have published it to a forms library as an administrator approved form. This form is linked to a site content type, and is used in a number of ...
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How to debug Infopath 2010 web form?
Well, in visual studio 2008 we were able to create infopath 2007 web form project and after that attach to iis process to debug infopath web form.
In visual studio 2010 there is not infopath project ...
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SharePoint Form - Advanced Validation Error Handling
Our company wants to create a more user friendly and branded way of handling user errors when validating InfoPath Forms. We would like to create a message box that essentially would be more ...
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Is there a non-InfoPath alternative to Google Forms?
Is there a non-InfoPath alternative to Google Forms?
I need a non-InfoPath solution because many of our systems do not have InfoPath installed. Any help is appreciated.
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More than 255 characters in multiple lines of text?
I have an InfoPath Form which submits the text of a textbox and saves it in a SharePoint list. Whenever a user types in more than 255 characters and I want to edit the element in the SharePoint list ...
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No InfoPath forms in SP 2013 workflows?
I just read here, that InfoPath forms will no longer be used in Workflows. Is there something that will replace InfoPath? or are forms in the Workflows just going away?
Thanks!
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How to Submit an InfoPath Form to its Own Library?
Salvete! I have an InfoPath-based content-type. I also created a forms library in several subsites that each use this content-type.
Now, I need to fix my InfoPath content-type form so that it gets ...
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SharePoint 2010 Standard and Forms
We have Standard Server License of SharePoint 2010 and want to develop INFOPATH form. I need a tutorial or directions in bullet points what should I do to achieve this. I've heard in Standard edition ...
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The Canary has timed out for form
I have a MOSS 2007 site with a document library which uses an InfoPath 2007 form in the browser to collect information from the users. It has a number of views used to group like data elements. The ...
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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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How can I display list item data on a workflow initiation form?
I have a master list (Projects) containing all the data about the projects my clients' employees (technical writers) are working on. When it's time for the writers to grab sign offs on the project ...
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Using Default List Forms for Edit & View
Is it possible to configure a SharePoint 2010 list to the default form for editing and viewing while displaying my custom InfoPath form only for new items?
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Username() in infopath form return empty string on sharepoint workflow form
I have an infopath form loaded as an initiation/association form for a sharepoint workflow.
I added a text field wich I want to be prefilled with the current user username. I'm using username() to get ...
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Copying a globally reusable workflow in SP Designer loses form task fields and InfoPath rules
In SP Designer, I copied a globally reusable workflow in order to make it only reusable (not global) so I can save it as a template
solution .wsp to move it to another farm. The problem is that the ...
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more than one attachment field
We are planning to retire one of our old fashion tools and currently evaluating Sharepoint 2010.
in our current tool, we have 3 different attachment sections two of which are visible to customer, and ...
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Is there a way to digitally sign browser-enabled infopath 2010 forms in Firefox/Chrome?
I would like to make it possible for university workers to sign their infopath forms digitally outside of IE. Is there a way to do this or should I just look at including an install of the InfoPath ...
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Auto-generated custom format ID for InfoPath form text field
May I know how do I use a InfoPath form text field to auto generate a custom format ID?
The custom format ID must be in this format: YYYY/XXXREQ
where YYYY is the year that the item is created, ...
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Post SP1 Issue with Browser-Enabled InfoPath and Receive List Data Connections
I have an InfoPath form that has full-trust with a cert. It has 3 data connections for SharePoint lists that are used to populate combo boxes.
Prior to SP1, these worked great. However, post SP1, ...
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SPFile object not correct/updated/propagated in ItemAdded of my event receiver - after the first time
I have a form library with a custom form associated. A user clicks "New form", inputs data in the form, and the form is saved to the library. Meanwhile, my logic in the eventreceivers generate a Word ...
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Possible to have Infopath form deployed in a feature? SP2010/VS2010
I'm using new VS2010 Sharepoint Project. I can add a site column, content type, list definition without any problem.
Is it possible to also have an InfoPath form included in a Feature?
I want to be ...
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SharePoint 2010 - How to print InfoPath form for list item
I edited the form for a list item in InfoPath, and when I print, I just want to print the form itself.
It seems when I use the browser's print function, it still pulls up some elements from the page ...
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Getting started with Workflows in SharePoint 2010
I'm a starting sharepoint developer asked to implement the following scenario in sharepoint 2010.
We're a bit lost on the best approach to get started.. I'm really struggling to find the best practise ...
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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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XML document in infopath Form
I have created a custom list. There are different types of columns like single line of text, number, DateTime. I want to submit data in this list using web service from Infopath form. So I have ...
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Application DLL replaced sometimes in 14 Hives feature folder
I deploy Infopath forms using powershell script. After deployment, dlls of my deployed application appears in 14 hives/feature/guidfeaturefolder After some modifications when i deploy again the same ...
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SharePoint Designer 2010 email
I have an InfoPath form where I used SharePoint Designer 2010 to send an email to a group.
Once a particular user submits the form then an email should be triggered to a group along with the active ...
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New Line Character in Rich Text Box with InfoPath 2010
I have a rich text box in an InfoPath 2010 form (will be used in the browser) that I want to have some default text similar to:
Text A:
Text B:
Tried a few methods around use an XML resource file ...
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Form for user to input data and submit to run sql command
We're looking for an quick and easy way for an HR person to enter data into a couple fields and then have them click submit and have it execute some SQL Update query on the database. We don't need to ...
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Cannot edit Initiation Form of Designer Workflows with InfoPath
I've got a reusable SP Designer workflow in SharePoint 2010, and I'm trying to edit the Initiation Form for it. I can open the workflow within SP Designer, click the form, and it opens in InfoPath. I ...
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In InfoPath limit people picker to a certain sharepoint group
Is there a way to limit the people picker control in InfoPath to a certain SharePoint group? I need to do this without writing any custom server code.
Thanks
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Infopath with Sharepoint Foundation 2010
Is it possible to use Infopath 2010 forms with Sharepoint Foundation 2010? What licence(s) (if any), would I need to do so?
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Workflow logic for multiple-approval process
I have the need to create a workflow that will begin when a user submits an infopath form to a document library. Some fields will be extracted from this form to build the workflow.
Steps:
Notify the ...
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Repeating option controls on infopath form
I get data from a sharepoint list as a data source. I then have a repeating table which has one of the fields as a option (radio) control. Unfortunately, when the data is repeated, it doesn't include ...
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Publishing an InfoPath form wiped out Personal Views in the Form Library
I published an InfoPath 2007 form into a Form Library on MOSS 2010 and I lost all the data in the form column fields. I was able to restore the data by doing a check-out/Check-in on the documents, ...
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Infopath Button missing in Ribbon for List
I am trying to follow some tutorials for customizing a list with InfoPath 2010. However, when I click on a list it appears I am missing the InfoPath button. I do have Infopath 2010 installed and can ...
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How to reconnect InfoPath task form to SPD workflow after moving it to the new Site Collection
I have Globally reusable workflow (created in SPD) in my test site collection. This WF uses custom InfoPath task form. Now I am trying to move it to the new production site collection. I've done next ...
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Disadvantages of implementing InfoPath in SharePoint
I need to know Limitations of implementing InfoPath forms in SharePoint before I deploy it. Can someone please help me out?
