Newbie Questions

Re: Create a new field and associate with InfoPath template

rickg — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:32:12 GMT

Thanks, Hilary. That worked! Although I added another group and field to the InfoPath form and called it the same name as the form library field name except that there were no spaces; not sure how the form knows to save to this new field, but I believe that worked, too.

Re: Create a new field and associate with InfoPath template

Hilary Stoupa — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:10:26 GMT

Okay. So it sounds like the form is a SharePoint List form - the directions you link to are for publishing a regular form to a form library. I think you can just add a new column to your list and then when you edit your form it will be available to you.

Re: Create a new field and associate with InfoPath template

rickg — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:53:02 GMT

Hi Hilary - After opening a Sharepoint list item, the InfoPath form I'm trying to change is loaded.

Re: Create a new field and associate with InfoPath template

Hilary Stoupa — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:12:52 GMT

Hi - is this just a regular form? Not a SharePoint list form?

Re: Create a new field and associate with InfoPath template

rickg — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:35:14 GMT

All I'm trying to do is add a field to a Sharepoint form library and add a field on the InfoPath form associated with this library so that the Sharepoint field can be updated. Any ideas?

Create a new field and associate with InfoPath template

rickg — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:21:24 GMT

I am trying to add a field to a document library via an InfoPath form template using the instructions in the article in the following URL:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/infopath-help/add-remove-or-modify-sharepoint-library-columns-or-site-columns-HA010103003.aspx

I am using the instructions in the "Specify document library columns when you publish a form template to an existing document library" section of the article. Everything seems to work until I get to the dialog box that shows "the columns listed below will be available in Sharepoint sites...". I click on the "Add" button and select "(None: create new column in this library)" in the "Site column group" dropdown. After typing in the name of the field, I get the following message:

"Non-repeating groups are not supported as document library column names". Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Should I be creating it in Sharepoint first and then update the template?

Rick