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I have a qRules form I have mapped to my SharePoint list and it works great; however when I attach a file to my form (an image) the form says it was successful when submitted, but the data isn't added to my list. Are there limitations to form creation and list submissions with image attachments? I need to be able to have an image associated with the list record.

Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave,

The form needs two submits: one submits the image (to the Sharepoint list) and the other submits the form (XML) to Sharepoint. Is this what your form is configured to do?

Ernesto,

No, my form isn't configured to do that. I thought I would just be able to attach a file to the form and have that attachment submitted to my list along with the rest of my data. I am new to SharePoint and qRules and apparently don't quite understand the limitations yet. :)

Is there a way to link the records together even though they would reside in different Libraries on SharePoint? I need to somehow have the image tie back to the form it relates to. (this is a claims form that contain pictures for claim purposes)

Thanks,
Dave

Would it be possible to have my submit button trigger an event that initiates the submission of my image to my Library so that I don't need two buttons? Also in case there's a problem with the form and them submitting it's content don't want there to be a disconnect between the form and it's associated attachments. (one is successfully submitted but for some reason the other isn't)

Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave,

Yes, you could have one button that first submits the image(s) to SharePoint and then submits your form. That would avoid using two buttons. However, as you point out, the image upload could execute, then the xml submit fails.

I would suggest looking at our ImagePicker XTP too: http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/QdImagePicker.aspx

 This XTP allows the user to select an existing image or upload a new one. So you are unlinking the image submit and the form submit, but you give users the added bonus of using an existing image.

I don't think I quite understand the purpose of XTP from that explanation, but I will look in to it and see if I can better understand it. An additional question I have about my SharePoint list is that there's a column called "Attachment" that is created by default, so do you know why can't I just map my attachment field to this list column?

Thanks,
Dave

Hi, Dave:

qRules doesn't currently submit attachments with the SubmitToSharePointList command. That is an interesting scenario, and one we may choose to look at for a future release, but do not currently support.

You could try using SaveToSharePointList for your attachments in your repeating group, then submit the resulting link to the attachment via SubmitToSharePointList as a work around.