InfoPath Dev

Is there a way to display my own custom digital signature link. I have some forms that require several signatures, and my users are getting confused, I want to make it visably easier for them to find the section they need to sign.

TIA,
Jovix

Hi Jovix,
Not sure I understand the question. You could do this in code and concatenate the links together in a read-only rich text section.

Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPathDev

When I enable my forms to accept digital signatures for a section, the form automatically places a link under the section that needs to be signed off. The link says "Click here to sign this section"

What I want to try is to replace this link with a graphic or change its format making it easier for my users to spot.

I think you need to edit this in the view.xsl files. You can actually change the text, but if your are good at XSL you can try to put picture instead of some text.

To replace the text search for "Click here to sign this section" in the .XSL and replace that text with your own text.

Agni
InfoPathDev India

How can I open this View.xsl file to change the "Click here to sign this section" text?

Hi Cathy,

In the Designer on the File menu, there is an option to Save as Source Files. Please specify an empty folder and save. InfoPath will save all forms. Then you can navigate to that folder in Windows Explorer and open up the appropriate View.xsl file in notepad. Another approach is to just rename the xsn as cab and double click it to get the files (you'll need to copy the files out to make the change though). The xsn is actually a cab format.

To make your change, after you open the xsl in notepad, save it and then make sure that you close existing InfoPath Designer. Now, right click on the manifest.xsf and choose Design. Then you can publish the solution with that change.

Please keep in mind that editing the XSL is not a best practice because InfoPath Designer may overwrite your changes. In addition, if you don't do it correctly you could break your solution and make it no longer openable in InfoPath Designer. However, there are certain instances where you ahve to do this editing. For those, please use the Preserve block so that InfoPath Designer does not overwrite the changes.

I hope this helps.Good luck.