InfoPath Dev

I am using Infopath 2010 and my users are getting an error message saying the attachments are too big. The user has 3 attachments totaling 14 Mb in size. I have set the upload limit in SharePoint to 100 Mb for all libraries. How do I increase the size limit for attachments within my form?

Hello Phil,

Attachment limits are something we deal with frequently in form design. Although increasing the limits may seem like the best rout, you may be doing your users a dis-service. The larger the attachments, the slower your forms will become and could even cause your forms to stop working properly. This is because the attachment sizes actually increase the size of your form file.

The best alternative we've found is to submit the attachments to a document library, and replace the attachment with a link. This can be done with a repeating data structure to allow your users to attach as many files as they need.

This method uses the qRules SaveToSharePoint command. Here is a link to some of the details for using the command, http://www.infopathdev.com/files/folders/qrules/entry40104.aspx

and a link to details about qRules http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/qRules_new.aspx

Hope that helps!
Bre 

 Bre,

Thank you for your response. Through doing some research on this site, and others, I was able to change the default limit from 4096 to 20480. As I have just one set of users that will be uploading multiple attachments I have explained to them the consequences of uploading multiple documents as it relates to performance and speed. All in all the end user is quite happy with the solution.

Thanks again,

Phil