Newbie Questions

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

hardware_syndrome — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:12:14 GMT

Hilary Stoupa:
Under Form Options / Compatibility, you can set the compatibility to browser. Or you can use Save As and save as a browser form.

really appreciate your response Hilary :)

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Hilary Stoupa — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:00:43 GMT

Under Form Options / Compatibility, you can set the compatibility to browser. Or you can use Save As and save as a browser form.

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

hardware_syndrome — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:59:11 GMT

Hi Qazi, how do i make my form "browser-enabled" in IP10? Thanks

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Potemkine — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:06:30 GMT

hi can you confirm that the document library is set like this : In the Browser-enabled Documents section of the Form Library Advanced Settings page, as shown in the following, select the Display as Web page

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

pamdegraff — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:55:00 GMT

Jigzy, did you publish the form to a form library, or as a content type?

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

amvvv — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:54:02 GMT

hi i'm a newbie in sharepoint and infopath...

i'm implementing a sharepoint site in our company... i was successful in creating infopath web-compatible forms and also saving them in the document library but when a user in client machine wants to open it if he has infopath installed , document will open in infopath application instead of web browser... and if the user doesn't have infopath installed a xml code script will be shown like this :

?mso-infoPathSolution
name="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:infopath:fff:-myXSD-2005-10-21T21-12-27" solutionVersion="1.0.0.4" productVersion="12.0.0.0" PIVersion="1.0.0.0" href="http://82.205.156.29/FormServerTemplates/fff.xsn"
?>
−
<?mso-application
progid="InfoPath.Document" versionProgid="InfoPath.Document.2"
?>
−
<my:expenseReport xml:lang="en-US">
−
<my:employee>
<my:name/>
<my:identificationNumber/>
<my:emailAddress/>
<my:jobTitle/>

do u have any ideas what should i do

ps. i just suspected that when i create forms they are saved as *.xml instead of *.xsn

when i upload an *.xsn form i don't have any problems with editing it in web or infopath

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Qazi Anis — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:56:38 GMT

Go to settings -> form library settings -> advanced settings. Set opening browser enabled forms to display as webpage

that should resolve your problem

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

jigzy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:30:45 GMT

Hi there, thanks for replying...our sharepoint is created to look like an internal website...so those who have permission can upload documents, like .doc or pdf, or in this case infopath... so assuming i uploaded it to our website at this document library http://example/infopath.aspx ...i can edit this document to also tag it to show up in other parts of our internal website, say http://example/documents.aspx ... so most people would upload it on one page (mostly there is a few pages for uploading document) and the other pages are for viewing these documents, etc..., in this case would upload it to http://example/infopath.aspx .... now when a document is tagged, it shows up in other pages, in this case it shows up in the page http://example/documents.aspx ... apparently, it is not a document library, but a page (like a view) and when I open the infopath document through this page, it makes me use the infopath software, unlike now, when I open it through http://example/infopath.aspx, i can now open it through internet explorer....

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Qazi Anis — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:03:10 GMT

hi jigzy,

well i dont get you properly, do you mean you upload normal files, like *.doc, *.ppt etc to this document library, and those also tend to open in browser.

or is it some other problem.

just one question cant you create one more document library for the normal docs if you face problems with them

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

jigzy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:15:38 GMT

hey..thanks so much for the help. it worked. I could now view it using a IE, but I do have one more problem...when we upload documents in this library, they are tagged to also show up in other pages (other parts of sharepoint)...now these are tagged to show up in one page, but when I open it to this page (this page is like only a view), I still end up opening it on infopath, so am thinking that it might still be an error to other people....I tried editing the pages, but does not seem to have any areas for me to configure it to show up on the web...any advice?

thanks a million...

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Qazi Anis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:38:42 GMT

you can have many content types for a single document libary. so that means u can have many form templates for the same document library by publishing them as content type and activating them to the site and adding them to the doc lib

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

jigzy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:42:04 GMT

Thanks. Quick question. Does it mean you can only have one form for each content type?

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Qazi Anis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:40:54 GMT

hei jigzy,

sorry for replying so later, i am out of station. well u will need to publish the forms as content type and upload them.let me tell u the steps.

1) publish the form as content type to your local machine

2) go to central administration and upload the form template.

3) activate the form template to the site.

4) go to the settings -> advanced settings of your document library.

5) set content type = yes.

6) go to settings -> add content type. select the content type you just uploaded.

repeat steps for all the templates. then you will have option to create forms(xml) of any type.

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

Qazi Anis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:28:39 GMT

to publish(place) an infopath template (xsn) to sharepoint doc library, all you need to do is just publish the template. the option to publish is under file menu. and follow the publish wizard. to create a new form(xml) of the published form(xsn), go to the document libary and click on new and there you will be able to create the new form.

Re: Form cannot be opened by others

jigzy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:16:10 GMT

Hi there,

Can I ask if there are any other people here who created templates or forms and placed it on sharepoint for other people to access it (including people who doesn't have any infopath in their computers)? If so, care to say how you did it?

Thanks,

Chris