InfoPath Dev

Greetings,

Is there a way to define a certain name for the filled form (may be from a textbox entry in the filled form) instead of Form1.xml?

Help is greatly appreciated.

Hi kelsawy,

we can define a name for the filled form. Here are the steps:
1.Create a button for submit.
2.In the button properties, select Submit from the action drop down list.
3.In Submitting Forms window select the radio button "Enable submit commands and buttons" and select sharepoint form library from submit to drop down list.
4.Click on Add button.
5.In the data connection wizard, select the xpath right to File name field and select the field name which you want as a file name.

Hope this helps you!

Thank you very much. It looks doable if the user is to submit to SharePoint Form Library. Can this be done when the xml file is saved locally on the user's hard disk?

Hi kelsawy,

We do not have such possibility to do this when the xml file is saved locally on the user's hard disk?

thisXDocument.UI.SetSaveAsDialogFileName("name");

put it into an OnContextChange event.

Hope this helps

OnContextChange might not be the best event to do this as that event fires every time your context changes (i.e. tabbing, clicking, etc).

Oh yeah you are right Greg, like always.

May be you could have a custom save button on your form and use the mentioned line of code there.

Let us know if that works for you.

Dear Greg

Thank you very much for your help. It looks that what you have described needs
to be done with VB or Java scripts.

Without scripting and even if I filtered the table for a specific row as you
proposed, I will not be able to edit xpath (in rules actions) to reach my
specific field in the specific row.

When I add a rule, add action within the rule, and select "Set a Field Value",
I am only restricted to the selection of a field without editing its xpath.
This would set the value of the field in all rows in the table even after
using a filter for a particular row.

If you agree on what I am saying, then I have to use VB script.


kelsawy

Try OnSaveRequest

OnSaveRequest is not the right thing here.

If you want, you can use code to solve the problem. That's the safest way. Otherwise, you can create a rule (the kind that updates all rows), and then manually edit the manifest.xsf file to update the xpath for that rule action to include the filter.

Hi everyone,

I think it would be better to look at this url... Here you may change location and name of form in infopath 2003 (hopefully for 2007 as well)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa168451(office.11).aspx

Regards,

Hi
I have a similar challenge.

When saving, I want InfoPath to suggest a file name based on a specific field which the user has filled in while filling out the form (gibberish...).

This is done on Sharepoint.

Help is GREATLY appreciated!!

Hello Nyhus

Try reading the link below
http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2455

Hope it helps you