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Re: Infopath 2010 submit to SharePoint 2007 - Content Type

Patrick Halstead — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:32:21 GMT

You can configure the list in SharePoint to allow user selection of the content type before filling out.

Once the user launches InfoPath, the content type is set and you can't easily change it on submit.

For form libraries, the content type is stored as a tag at the top of the XML file. There are techniques for changing this but they require code or 3rd party tools.

List forms must work the same way otherwise InfoPath would not know which form to use to open the row.

Infopath 2010 submit to SharePoint 2007 - Content Type

samy08 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:40:31 GMT

Hi,

I created an InfoPath form which submits new items to my SharePoint list.

This SharePoint list has got 3 ContentTypes. When a new item is submitted, always the default content type is chosen. Is there a way to tell InfoPath which Content Type should be chosen? Submit is via WebService UpdateListItem.

Maybe via the CAML file?

Mine looks just like this:

<Batch OnError="Continue">
    <Method ID="1" Cmd="New">
        <Field Name='DayCount'>6</Field>
    </Method>
</Batch>

Thank you very much!