https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/105228.aspxThu, 21 Jan 2016 20:06:24 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:105228DonnaRonna0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/105228.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=105228<p>Hi,</p> <p>&nbsp;We&#39;re using InfoPath forms linked to an excel spreadsheet, using MS Access as a connector between them.&nbsp; This is all on the 2007 versions of these applications.&nbsp; This is our first attempt at this and I&#39;m trying to make sure that we have everything in the proper location.&nbsp; Both the access database and the excel spreadsheet need to be in the same folder, according to this helpful blog&nbsp; <a href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/infopath/2008/08/22/consuming-excel-data-using-infopath-database-data-connections/">https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/infopath/2008/08/22/consuming-excel-data-using-infopath-database-data-connections/</a>&nbsp; and I haven&#39;t been able to make this work if I place both the spreadsheet and the database out on Share Point (probably because Access needs to be on a Windows platform?).&nbsp; Anyway, I can get things working when I place both of them in a folder on a shared drive, and I can get them properly hooked up to an InfoPath form.&nbsp; However, do all of the users who will be using the form need to have access to the shared drive?</p> <p>What&#39;s the proper place for the database and the spreadsheet to be located so that the users can complete the form, save it, and use the xml to update our records?</p> <p>&nbsp;Thanks!</p>