InfoPath Dev

I recently administratively deployed a new version of a browser based form that has some new fields and sections in it.  My form library has ~20K forms in it.  When I open an old form through the library, the form is automatically updated and contains the new fields.

However, I do not want to open 20K forms to have their XML updated.

Am I missing something in the upgrade process of the template, or some easy programatic way to force this update to the individual forms in the library?

In InfoPath you can set the form template to upgrade on open. I'm assuming you have done this, based on your description.

Why would you need to open the 20k forms? The forms will be upgraded automatically when a user (any user) opens them, so you (as administrator) don't need to go thru the manual process of upgrading each one.

I programatically update data in the forms based on massive CSV file uploads from our suppliers, and would rather the fields and sections always be there, and not have to worry about adding them on the fly. 

So back to my original query, is there no easy way to get all these XML files to upgrade, either through the upgrade process or programmatically? 

I would prefer to handle things this way, up front, rather than making my event logic on the CSV file processing more complex.

Sorry, I don't know of a way to do this. However, a lot is possible with code and custom tools, so perhaps it's possible. You might want to consider asking this in the code forum. Good luck

Thanks, I will duplicate my question over there.