InfoPath Dev

Hello,

I have developed a form in InfoPath 2007 and published it as a browser form. I have put an "Attach file" control on the form so that my users are able to attach a file to the form. Now, when I attach a .txt file to the form, then it can be opened in Outlook 2007. But if I attach a docx or a xlsx or any other file, I get an error message in Outlook that says "the file is not a valid xml file" (it's in swedish so I hope the translation is correct). And the other message is (translation follows):

"Formuläret innehåller XML som inte går att parsa.
Ett ogiltigt tecken påträffades i textinnehållet.

Rad 7, position 2246
 <my:fält2>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Translated it will be like this "The form contains XML that cannot be parsed. An invalid character was found in the content" and then it says Row 7 and so on...

I am sure this worked before, and like I said - attaching .txt files works. Anyone who has a solution to this??

Thank you!!

/Lise

Hi Lisras Honestly, i don have any previous experience in attachments in InfoPath forms. but i want to turn your your attention to a thing i think it's your core problem in this case!

you said that you can attach .txt file wich is a text file! ok then you are able to attach text files :) and you said that you couldnt attach docx files! here i want to turn ur attention that docx is not a text file, actually it is a zip file contains many files!!!! yup it is true, docx is a folder (by the way, right click your docx fil and open with win-rar! what do you see?? definitely you see many files in it)!! you have to get sure if InfoPath supports zipped attachments, for me i dont know!

try to attach .doc file which was the extension in MS Word 2003! if it works then the problem is in the x-series extensions (docx, xlsx,...) please tell me if doc attachment works!!

actually, i dont know if this is the problem that you face! but i felt that i have to tell you about docx because its not like any other extension.

hope it will help :)

Osama Momani.

Hi Osama!

Thank you for your answer! And yes, I am aware that the office 2007 files actually are zip files but I have tried with 2003 format as well (like .doc file). And same error I am afraid. I've also tried with jpg and gif files, just to make sure that the error has nothing to do with the 2007 format. The only file format that is valid - accordingly to Outlook - is a .txt file.

Thank you,

/Lise

One more thing. The mail properties look like this:

Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0
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Date: 11 Feb 2008 16:18:42 +0100
From:

To: <xxx>
Cc: <xxxx>
x-originating-ip: [xxx]
content-class: InfoPathForm.6f7dbeeb5678d76d$77a453ffe597272.Testar
Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="6b9114af-c636-4884-9d25-2bee354d27c2"
Subject: testar
reply-to: xxx
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
Return-Path:xxx
Message-ID: <xxx>
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2008 15:18:41.0272 (UTC) FILETIME=[623D1F80:01C86CC1]

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Content-Type: text/html;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

--6b9114af-c636-4884-9d25-2bee354d27c2
Content-Type: application/x-microsoft-InfoPathForm;
        name = "Form.xml"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
        filename="Form.xml"

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I have developed a form in InfoPath 2007 and published it on SharePoint site. I have put an "Attach file" control on the InfoPath form so that my users are able to attach a file to the form. Now, when I attach a .txt or doc file to the form, then save it. when I reopen or download the .doc file, it is opened as .aspx. So can u please tell me solution(I want to use InfoPath only)

I'm also getting reports that some users in my organization are having the same problem Basheer is describing. It seems to be affecting IE 6 users that are opening browser based IP forms. When they they try to download an attachement they just an .aspx file instead of the attached document.

 Has anyone found a solution to this?

Hey Guys, I am also having the same problem (not able to open the attachments in browser)...if you could found the solution for this pls can you post it here. That will be a great help.

 Many thanks