InfoPath Dev

Hi everyone, I have several Sharepoint lists with InfoPath forms. Since the changes that have to be made are a little more complex (and take a lot of testing) I create a copy of the list and work on that (you could call it a Quality Environment). Once I found the necessary changes (I make notes to remember them), I execute these steps in the "real" / live / original list (you could call it the Production Environment). I am wondering if anyone has a simplier solution for this? Is there something in Sharepoint / InfoPath that allows you to move changes from "Quality" to "Production"? Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Kevin

Hi Kevin,

Please check this guide on how to Copy or move a list by using a list template:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/copy-or-move-a-list-by-using-a-list-template-HA101782479.aspx#_Toc264366616

Hope this helps. 

Hi donstephen, thanks for getting back to me. I am aware that I can create templates and then create a new list based on that. However, that means that you always get a blank list without data. Not ideal. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Kevin

Hi Kevin,

I'm not sure if we are on the same page but if you are copying the data when creating an STP file, you will need to check the Include Content checkbox when saving a template. I hope this helps.

Regards, 

Hi donstephen, I think we are on the same page :) That way I would push the test data into Production, which I don't want. Copying the live data into my Quality list and moving that after changes to Production would work - but only if the implementation takes less than 15 minutes, which is also not feasible therefor I would loose data of the user input done during the implementation. Regards, Kevin