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"InfoPath cannot open the form"

Last post 04-22-2009 01:24 PM by b.harrison. 4 replies.
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  • 04-21-2009 12:34 PM

    • tomasz
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    "InfoPath cannot open the form"

    Hi,

     "InfoPath cannot open the form" - does it sound familiar for anybody ? I just can't run with and without debugging mode under visual studio 2008.

    It worked fine like 2 days ago. I haven't made any changes to the form code which could produce this behavior, so I don't know what is going on.

     Whenever I publish the form (to SP library) then it works fine, no error. I checked the 'design tasks' and there are no errors.

     

    What to do, where to look for extra informations, how to solve it ? I have to admit that this error message is super frustrating :/

     

    thanks,

    tomasz

  • 04-21-2009 01:05 PM In reply to

    • tomasz
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    Re: "InfoPath cannot open the form"

    To clarify a little bit. I'm talking here about infopath 2007 with latest updates on vista.

     

     tomasz

  • 04-21-2009 01:13 PM In reply to

    Re: "InfoPath cannot open the form"

    Hi tomasz,

    This one sounds all too familiar.

    Try this first: close Visual Studio and open the manifest in design mode (right click on the file).  Try to preview the form from there.  Sometimes that will give you a more detailed error message, say, if one of the components or required files is missing.

  • 04-22-2009 01:05 PM In reply to

    • tomasz
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    Re: "InfoPath cannot open the form"

    Hi,

     Nice hint but I didn't found any extra information about my problem, however I found the solution.

    "Clear infopatch cache" -> Start -> Run and type Infopath /cache clearall

     

    Apparently this problem was caused because I was trying to work on the form on two different machines.

    At work push the code to source control and at home retrieve it to my desktop.

     

     thanks for a help anyway

    Tomasz!

  • 04-22-2009 01:24 PM In reply to

    Re: "InfoPath cannot open the form"

    Yes, I've had to use that one, as well.  Sometimes, that still doesn't seem to do the trick and I have to republish the template, and then re-extract the source files before it will work.  Also, double-clicking the manifest file can sometimes trigger the template update (the "keep form on your computer" vs "replace form on your computer" question).

    Glad you found a solution!

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