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custom ASP.NET web form vs InfoPath

Hi, I am just assigned a project to make a paper based process to be web based. What I need to do is to allow user to fill out an online form and sign it using his/her mouse. The data entered and the signature needs to be later retrieved as a PDF file. So, I've created a working prototype using ASP.NET webforms and a third party PDF ...

Problem with submit as email when mail format is set to HTML

Hi I have a form where I have placed a submit button and it works fine when I tested it. But when I asked on of my users to test the form it came up with this error "InfoPath cannot submit the form." - "The server threw an exception" After some debugging I found out that the form worked when the outlook (2003 sp3) was set to : "Compos...

Any way to add paste multiple row data into an InfoPath repeating table?

My users use Excel to come up with some ad-hoc lists of buildings we own. I'm building an InfoPath form to manage contracts on those buildings. I'm looking for a way to let my users specify the buildings they need in Excel, and paste that list into the InfoPath form Repeating Table control. The table has multiple fields; the users woul...

Custom Infopath control for browser-enabled forms - is it possible?

So, is it possible? I need to choose domain users in web-enabled Infopath form and now I am using drop down list with custom web service, but may be possible write custom control for web-enabled Infopath form? ...

InfoPath Form Registration and Case-Sensitive File Path Strangeness: What's going on here?

Recently I had to troubleshoot a very strange issue with a fully-trusted InfoPath 2007 form at a customer site. The form is part of a records management application and users launch the form from within the application. However, because the form is subject to frequent updates, we store a "master" copy of the form file on the customer's...

how to render infopath webpage in sharepoint.

how to render infopath webpage in sharepoint. I have designed the MS office infopath form, & stored in the my sharepoint site document library, (in fact i created new one). But when i want to open that form it direct redirect in MS office infopath with running form. Which i don't want. I want to open form in sharepoint site. How it is p...

InfoPath 2007 - Populate drop-down list on-the-fly

Hi, I'm working on an InfoPath 2007 form. I have two drop-down lists and i need the second to be populated with items bases on the value chosen in the first list. I use c# to populate the drop-dpwn lists from external sources. I've tried to use the OnChange event to make all this, but the second list is still empty. If anyone knows, pl...

In InfoPath, hide custom task pane on open

Is it possible to hide my custom task pane when opening the file. I tried to add the following command to the OnLoad event, but it looks like the View has not yet been created at this point: thisXDocument.View.Window.TaskPanes[0].Visible = false; Is there any other way to do it? BTW- I am using the 2003 InfoPath API. ...

InfoPath Workflow Task Losing ItemMetaData values

I have an InfoPath task form sitting on top of a State Machine workflow. The form works perfectly and I send quite a bit of data to using the ItemMetadata xml object. Everything works perfectly and my form properly picks up an ItemMetadata ows_ViewToUse value and switches to the view of my choice. Unfortunately, if somebody opens the ...

how to upload multiple infopath forms in single document library in sharepoint?

Hi games, I have 5 different infopath forms.on sharepoint site , i want to upload them in single document library. But when i am going to do this it is overwriting existing form. What i have to do. Is that possible to upload all 5 forms in single Document library ? I do not want to create 5 different Document libraries for 5 forms . plea...

Submit via code through a specific data connection InfoPath

I've got an infopath form for which I am trying to convert the submit from rules to code, to add some functionality. All existing functionality needs to be kept. Currently it's in rules like: if X submit through connection A if Y submit through connection B etc. Connection A sends an email, connetion B sends a different email, conne...

Force InfoPath form to open in Browser

I created an InfoPath form that uses VB code to push fields into a custom list I created on a SharePoint 2007 site. This part works. I "published" the form into a form library. I changed the settings on that form library to open items in the browser and allow editing of content types. In InfoPath under Form Settings I chose the...

How to design table-driven routing engine

I'm trying to design a table-driven routing engine for a contract management application that will compute appropriate reviewers and approvers given a set of input criteria. My platform is Sharepoint with K2 and InfoPath 2007 (I'm working on the InfoPath form, a colleague is working on the K2 workflow). The results will be used by K2 to ...

What are the security permissions required to enumerate users on active directory

System Specs: Infopath 2007 with c# code-behind Webservices Active Directory I need to get the users name (First Name and Last Name) from active directory but the user appears to not have permissions to read the active directory listings. What permissions do I need to give the user in order for them to search AD I am using code lik...

Is there a way in InfoPath to copy the contents of an entire repeating text field from one field to another?

Background: I am attempting to create an InfoPath form that will allow me to maintain a single set of raw instructions that I can render using alternate views in InfoPath. I currently have two (2) views; Data Entry & Change Management. The Data Entry view allows me to maintain the common list of instructions while the Change Managemen...

why we use infopath in sharepoint

hi Can anyone explain why we use infopath in sharepoint? Regards Dhanraj.S ...

Get a SharePoint InfoPath form to load in the browser from a task

I've published an InfoPath form, through the administrator route, to a document library. I can click new form on the document library and have my custom form load up in the browser. When the filled form is saved back to the list it fires off a workflow. The workflow creates a task for another user to go into the form and complete the mis...

InfoPath form post back error

I'm using XmlFormView control to host InfoPath forms in a web page. When I post back or submit an InfoPath form , on some computers I'm getting "To enable editing the form on this page you will need to enable scripting on your computer" error. I've checked the internet security options and active scripting is enabled (and besides if it...

Auto Fill the Time in infopath

I would like to know if there is a way that I can have the time be auto filled when the user enters 10 I then want it to show 10:00. how can I do this? ...

InfoPath error that I need to fix

How do I fix this? Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Change_Request.FormCode.FormEvents_OnSubmitRequest(DocReturnEvent e) at Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust._XDocumentEventSink2_SinkHelper.OnSubmitRequest(DocReturnEvent pEvent) ...