InfoPath Dev

Hi all,

I'm new to the Infopath and this group and I need your help.
Currently I'm working on a project that involves several Infopath forms that are linked together. There is one master form, from which I create secondary forms.
What I need is to find a way to update my secondary forms based on the changes made to the master. e.g. Form Status.
If the Form Status field changes in the master form I want to update all secondary forms with the same value, without opening them.

Is this possible, and if yes what needs to be done?

Thanks,
Roman

You will need to write some automation code to do this... and your code will have to open each form, change the value, and save again.

For your master form to do this it will need to be set to use full trust security.

Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPath Dev

I would suggest putting the whole lot of your forms into one, where each one has a different View. This way they're all consolidated and you don't have to write "automation code". If you're worried about security and users not being able to get into the "Admin form" you could hide that View from the list and create another View that has one field on it asking you for a password. After entering the password and hitting enter you are switched to the Admin view.

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Matt Faus

I'm not sure I would do that since it creates a monster schema and subsequent XML file. Why not use Import and separate the forms? Automation code is not that hard, but Matt's suggestion is relevant for users who don't want to deal with Import or other workflow mechanisms.

Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPathDev