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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Newbie Questions</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspx</link><description>New 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.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>Blanket update of Forms</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/93844.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:58:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:93844</guid><dc:creator>CathT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/93844.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&amp;PostID=93844</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Good afternoon,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am having a problem with updating the forms.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m still fairly new to InfoPath, so please forgive me if I don&amp;#39;t use the correct terminology.&amp;nbsp; First let me say that we do not have sharepoint.&amp;nbsp; Our forms and database connections are kept on the server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have&amp;nbsp;forms that I created for our employees -&amp;nbsp;maintenance requests - that has a data connection to an Access database on our server that populates the dropdown lists in the form with equipment names/numbers, vehicle names/numbers, etc..&amp;nbsp; This way, when there is a vehicle or&amp;nbsp;number change, equipment number change, etc.I only have to change it in the database and not in each individual form.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Each employee logs in to the server with their username and password to complete the form, which is submitted by email.&amp;nbsp; When I update the form, it asks the employees if they want the updated&amp;nbsp; version of the form.&amp;nbsp; A couple of the employees recently ignored the update and the form dropdown menus were blank.&amp;nbsp; So I had to republish the form so that they could update it in order to complete it.&amp;nbsp; When I did this, every employee had to update theirs to make sure they had the latest version.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way I can do a blanket update to the form&amp;nbsp;so that&amp;nbsp;it and&amp;nbsp;automatically updates the form for all employees?&amp;nbsp; It seems that there has to be an easier way&amp;nbsp;than republishing the form and having everyone update it again.&amp;nbsp; Anyone have any advice on this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cath&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>