Questions tagged [infopath]
Microsoft InfoPath is an XML-based toolset of electronic forms software that integrates with SharePoint 2007 and later and Office applications. In 2014 it has been announced that InfoPath will no longer be developed by the vendor. Mainstream support is promised until 2020.
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How Do I Get SharePoint to recognize that a field type was changed on an InfoPath form?
When I first designed and pulished my InfoPath form I mistakenly made two fields Text that should have been Whole Number.
I want to be able to sum these values on a SharePoint view, so I changed the ...
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SharePoint List form (add new choice value in dropdown)
I made a custom list in SharePoint(2010) and then created an infopath form based on that list. I created a new page in my SharePoint publishing site and added an infopath webpart that looked at my ...
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Editing a custom infopath form published to a library?
I had built an infopath form and published it to a library in sharepoint.
Unfotunately, I lost the file on my local machine in the middle of a user profile sync chaos.
I tried editing the form in ...
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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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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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Is it possible to find who created and who last modified the Infopath form template for a SharePoint library?
I would like to find the user who has created/uploaded the infopath template and who last modified that template file. Is it possible to find it?
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SP 2013 > InfoPath > State Service Error
I am unable to load infopath form and this new SP 2013 farm does have State Service and proxy setup. Also, made sure it's association. All looks good. Are there any harm undo the current State Service ...
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Cannot Publish Infopath form in SharePoint 2013
I am trying to publish my InfoPath forms to the document library I created in sharepoint, I am getting this error every time I input the correct url of my web application (http://sptraining:40201) ...
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help Column formula in sharepoint list
So i asked this question a couple hours ago:
I have made a list with InfoPath in SharePoint. All the questions are either "accepted" or "notaccepted" (radiobuttons) and I want to make a new column (...
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Check if site uses custom Infopath forms and workflows using powershell
I have to scan my SharePoint environment to check how many of the sites have custom Infopath forms and Workflows (OOB or SPDesigner).
I am planning to use PowerShell to scan my sites/subsites. Do ...
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infopath form not updating fields
I have an infopath form that has three read-only fields referencing items in another list, but when someone opens the form the values never change, even if they have changed in the other list. It ...
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Infopath Formule Creation without code
I have created the form like below
Star Date : DatePicker
ADd days: Textbox
DueDate: datePicker.
So when the user selects a start date and Add days then the Due date should be displayed based on ...
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Button in InfoPath to start a workflow (Out of the box) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to start a workflow through an infopath button?
I have a client that wants to start a workflow on a list item from the InfoPath form. I haven't actually met ...
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How to populate Repeating Table values from a SharePoint list?
I need to populate a Repeating Table values from a SharePoint list. To be clear I don't want to "link" values from list, I want the values copied into this table. I have limited success of copying ...
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Tabbing Problem with InfoPath 2010 People/Group Selector
I have a InfoPath 2010 form. Somehow my user-profile people picker tabs back to the previous field when I first step into it. Once I tab back in there is no longer a problem. Does anyone know how to ...
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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?
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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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Can I attach an external Stylesheet to browser enabled InfoPath 2007 form?
First, I apologize if this is the wrong forum; however, I believe someone here may have the answer. I have no problems associating the resource css file and calling it within the view.xml file. The ...
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Import a SQL Server table into a SharePoint list to use in InfoPath
I need put the SQL table (with over 20000 records) into a SharePoint list, and use it in InfoPath.
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Is it possible to compare current user to a SharePoint list/group and switch views if they belong?
So I have a list of managers in my SharePoint site, and I am able to get the current user by using a web service and storing their name into a control. Is it possible to compare this name to everyone ...
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InfoPath Form with new certificate will not load when published
I'm developing an InfoPath 2010 form containing C# code. On my virtual machine I have a SharePoint 2010 standalone installation. When I started developing the form, I generated a certificate in the ...
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Custom form validation
I am new to Infopath and Sharepoint, and have been reading everything I could find online about this, but nothing to solve my problem. We need a form with custom validation (logic in javascript) to ...
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I need to create an auto-generated email when an item in a Sharepoint list are added which includes few columns from the list item and the attachments
I'm pretty inexperienced with Sharepoint design, but have taken on the task of creating a basic issue tracker for a project. The idea is when a user find an issue, they will log it into the Sharepoint ...
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Is there a way to give permission for user group for infopath section
I have a custom list with infopath and there is a section admin can only see and I used the admin list on list and I use admin login for condition, but if it only work for only 8 admin but I am ...
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InfoPath Designer 2013: multiple-selection list box with custom values has checkbox ticked by default
I am creating an InfoPath form in InfoPath Designer 2013. I have added a multiple-selection list box to the form, which gathers data from a SharePoint list. I have also enabled the "Allow users to ...
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Adding spaces with InfoPath
Is there a way to convert strings to string like this.
'ABCD1234' -> 'ABCD 1234'
'ABC1234' -> 'ABC 1234'
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Assign multiple users document permissions using one InfoPath people picker
I'm trying to have my InfoPath 2010 form (actually using InfoPath 2013 but set to 2010) be able to use one People Picker control to pass multiple account ID's in order to set document-level ...
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Trying to understand SharePoint Enterprise CAL
I am a SharePoint developer for few years, but this is my project where I need to install SP2013. Before installing, I am trying to understand the SP licenses. Currently I have SharePoint Server 2013 ...
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Infopath form error when using people picker
SP2013 Enterprise, InfoPath 2013
I've built a form using InfoPath 2013 for a SharePoint 2013 list that includes two people picker controls for entering domain users. The fields these controls are ...
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Infopath 2010 "Data Connection Wizard" can't find Sharepoint Library or list
i have an infopath form on a sharepoint list. it works fine. i've added data connections to the list before. i've not worked on the form in a while, and just now realized that i'm no longer allowed to ...
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How do I create a data connection library on a SharePoint 2013 site?
I am trying to create InfoPath forms based on data connections rather than directly against a list but I am unable to find out how to create the library for storing the connections.
I found this ...
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How to make infopath controls mandatory based on another controls value in the infopath form using rules? [closed]
I have a drop down list in the infopath form and based on the selection(Only if aprticular value is selected ) in dropdown listbox need to make some of the controls as mandatory in the infopath form. ...
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SharePoint 2010 People Picker Limitations issue
I have a SharePoint 2010 Infopath List form. In this form I have a people picker field and a Date picker field. Now I need to make people picker field Mandatory only when Date picker field is not ...
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How to allow users to submit forms but not view submitted forms?
How can I make it so that users can submit Infopath forms to a form library, but not be able to see the contents of other users' forms that have been submitted?
I know I can change their default view,...
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Can I display a field from a form in my form library view?
Once a user has submitted an Infopath form, can I have one of the fields in it (i.e. location 'London' or 'NYC') display in the library view of all the submitted forms?
If so, how do I do this?
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Form Library and Attachment
Is it possible to add an attachment to a form library?
I tried publishing a form that has an attachment control but getting "The selected field cannot be promoted because its data type is not ...
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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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infopath hide fields based on sp group
Is it possible to hide fields in InfoPath form based on sp group. Can you a proven link or some cool ideas.
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Problems storing Infopath 2010 XSN files in a document library on Sharepoint 2010 server
To collaborate on building forms for collecting data, we are uploading our .xsn form templates to a document library in a "Sharepoint Admins" site.
There are a couple of problems with this approach ...
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Are there limitation set for the number of rules for InfoPath form used in SharePoint Library?
I have a number of rules that I set for my InfoPath form. These rules are activate when either the form is load or a certain flags have change. After I am done with the InfoPath form, I usually ...
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Use REST to sum a column?
I want to retrieve items from a SharePoint list using REST, and then sum one of the columns. I'm brand new to REST, and didn't see a way to do this on MSDN. Is it possible to sum a column in a REST ...
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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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Is there a way to start a workflow through an infopath button?
So let's say I have a submit button that I want to send a workflow email, how can I have it send the email once the submit button is clicked in infopath?
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How to clear / reset a group of fields in a InfoPath form
Suppose a form have 5 sections where each section contain at least 8 or more fields (can be text field, drop-down list field, date picker field, etc)
May I know if it is possible to create a 'Clear' ...
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InfoPath Forms in Search Results - View in Browser as default?
When search results on SharePoint include InfoPath 2010 forms, the default link is directly to the .XML file. By default, the browser attempts to open in the form in the form filler. The results also ...
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InfoPath form approval custom workflow
sorry if this is a noob question, but I have to start somewhere!
I'm working with Sharepoint 2007. I have a custom content type, Room Booking Event. When one is created, I want to start a workflow ...
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Is it possible to have two attachment fields. I have one attachment field already but I require one more add attachment option
I am working on a SharePoint list and I have a query. Is it possible to have two attachment fields. I have one attachment field already but I require one more add attachment option to upload an image ...
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Error: "Activation could not be completed because the InfoPath Forms Services support feature is not present ."
We have been using form uploaded on sharepoint online and after a simple modification (adding some text fields) the form shows the following error:
"Activation could not be completed because the ...
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InfoPath Preview to PDF
I have InfoPath designer file (.xsn), was able to open it with corresponding XML data file. But having problem saving it as PDF or any other format.
Any ideas how to save Preview InfoPath File to PDF
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Restrict Sharepoint form section from the user to fill up
I have created a sharepoint which has two sections to fill up. First section is where the user will fill up for train ticket booking and second section is for OFFICE USE ONLY.
This second section ...