InfoPath Dev

We have an infopath form with code, the new form is loading quickly. But when the form is opened in edit mode , this is taking a lot of time. It is taking a lot of time even before it hits the first line of code in FormEvents_Loading method. Would like to now what is happening before the FormEvents_Loading is called. Thanks in advance

Is this a browser form or a filler form? Is it slow whether you are opening a large or small XML? Are there any open rules that may be slowing things down? Rules runs before code - so if you have an open rule that loads a really big secondary data source if the form is not new, for example, that could have an impact here.

Hello Hillary,

There is somewhat of the same problem with a InfoPath form that I've added a multiselection box to. The list has about 3000 records it is loading, the InfoPath Form has become unusable in IE all versions, but works fine in FireFox?

Hi Dottie,

Hilary is off until September 1st.

First off, you should add a dropdown to pre-filter your multi-selection box to reduce the total amount of records. 3000 records is not going to work well in IE. The fact that it works in FireFox just means that FireFox is more efficient at displaying that control, but you really should not expect any browser to do well with thousands of records in dropdowns.

It's easy to pre-filter. Just have the users select a category or something and use that to reduce what you display in the second dropdown.

That's the best practice.

:)

Agreed, it is somewhat of a special situation where there is not really any data to filter it with. What may have to happen is an alphabetical filter. I will give it a go.

I recommend a 3 character filter. That will no doubt filter it down significantly. Alphabet single character probably would too. Not a great solution but glad to hear that you are game.