InfoPath Dev

1. I am using Infopath 2007 with a published form to a SharePoint Forms Library. 
2. I have a repeating section node as the container for the fields of my form. 
3. In merge settings for  the repeating section node I am using the default settings "Insert order": After groups in the target form and "Remove blank groups" ticked.

In the merge section a part says "When merging forms in a library on a SharePoint site, the target form is a new blank form. When I merge the forms from the SharePoint site the first form is blank with the other forms merged as I would like.

My question - Is there a way to remove the blank form?  Currently to remove the form I simply highlight the form and remove it using the drop down list option for the form.

 
Regards,

Kurte

 

Hi Kurte.

Merging is problematic at best since it has very little control over how it works.

There is a better way though. You can extract the data from your forms into relational tables and then can report on the aggregated data via Excel or web reports, interface the information, etc.

If you want to be able to leverage the information then this is really the way to go.