Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

rijpokh1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:38:33 GMT

Great Solution. Works Like a Charm. Thanks.

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

ghayes — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:45:46 GMT

...and yet another link to the "Well, DUH!" file. The link I was cuttingand pasting already HAD a "source" specifier in it, so my added source specifier was being quite properly ignored.

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

ghayes — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:35:05 GMT

OK - Figured out most of it. For the benefit of anyone else who hasn't tripped to the blindingly obvious, there's an easy way to determine the exact URL to open a new form in the web browser. Open the form in the web browser using the old manual method, then cut and paste the URL that appears in the address bar of your web browser... (a resounding chorus of "Well, DUH!!", please...)

I am left with one thing I haven't figured out yet. Where exactly does bmxpert1's suggested "Source" parameter go? I tried it where I though it went, and, though it produces no error, neither does it seem to have any effect. I still end up in the document library with the form.

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

ghayes — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:39:23 GMT

I should add - this is on SP 2007.

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

ghayes — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:10:12 GMT

Thanks - always wonderful to add arrows to the Quiver of Knowledge. Unfortunately, I still seem to be missing the target on this one...

As noted by cszamir, the original code snippet opens the form in InfoPath. That works beautifully, but I really want it to open in the web form. I tried the suggestion from Andres, but it doesn't seem to help. With that alteration in place, the system still tries to open the form in InfoPath, but generates an error saying "access is denied".

Any thoughts?

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

dootndo2 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:12:55 GMT

I wanted to say thank you for posting this. This worked great in SP 2010 Foundation.

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

greenawayr — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:00:14 GMT

Hi,

I'm struggling a little with this. I have the below code entered in my webpage and when the link is clicked, the screen flicks to the Infopath client and comes up with an error it doesn't normally come up with when opened. I'm looking to get the form opening up in a browser, not the client. Could someone help me with this please?

Thanks

<a href="BLOCKED SCRIPTcreateNewDocumentWithProgID(escapeProperlyCore('http://<server>/Extranet/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XsnLocation=http://<server>/FormServerTemplates/NBSFormssharepoint.xsn&SaveLocation=http://<server>/Extranet/NBS%20Forms&Source=http://<server>/Extranet/NBS%20Forms/Forms/AllItems.aspx&DefaultItemOpen=1',true),'http://<server>/Extranet/NBS%20Forms/', 'SharePoint.OpenXMLDocuments',true)">Create a New Document</a>

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

warrtalon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:59:46 GMT

Bsuwidji, create a new thread asking that so that we can all help you more easily instead of doing it through blog comments. Just reference this blog post in your thread.

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

bsuwidji — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:40:20 GMT

Is there a way to create a web link like this from inside a Form?

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

rk1025 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:04:29 GMT

This is great information. However, is there a way to do this with a relative URL? This way the function could be placed on a "development" site and when its migrated to production the code would point to the production library. Is the only option to move away from inline javascript and then embed javascript on the page to construct the URL? Thanks for your thoughts!

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

Patrick Halstead — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:26:36 GMT

You may also want to read Shiraz's blog post on this:

www.infopathdev.com/.../best-way-to-launch-forms-from-web-pages.aspx

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

bmxpert1 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:08:44 GMT

Adding onto this you can also add "&Source=http://any_url" as a parameter on the link url to tell sharepoint where to send you after closing the form. I have found this useful, hope you do too!

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

Andres — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:15:46 GMT

try this url:

http://{server}/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?xsnLocation=http://{fullpath to the library}/forms/template.xsn?DefaultItemOpen=1

this should do the trick

re: Creating a Web Link or href for SharePoint New Button on InfoPath Forms Library

cszamir — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:27:33 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for info. I followed your instructions above and was able to get the link to work. However, when a user clicks on the link, it opens up the form in Infopath rather than in the browser even though I have the form Library settings 'Opening browser-enabled documents' set to: Display as a web page. Any ideas on how to modify the link so that it opens up the new form in the browser instead of Infopath?