Browser Forms

Re: Cannot open attachments in browser

Smarty — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:24:31 GMT

Hey Guys, I am also having the same problem (not able to open the attachments in browser)...if you could found the solution for this pls can you post it here. That will be a great help.

Many thanks

Re: Cannot open attachments in browser

netdev — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:48:40 GMT

I'm also getting reports that some users in my organization are having the same problem Basheer is describing. It seems to be affecting IE 6 users that are opening browser based IP forms. When they they try to download an attachement they just an .aspx file instead of the attached document.

Has anyone found a solution to this?

Cannot open attachments in browser

basheer — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:55:47 GMT

I have developed a form in InfoPath 2007 and published it on SharePoint site. I have put an "Attach file" control on the InfoPath form so that my users are able to attach a file to the form. Now, when I attach a .txt or doc file to the form, then save it. when I reopen or download the .doc file, it is opened as .aspx. So can u please tell me solution(I want to use InfoPath only)

Re: Cannot open attachments in browser forms

lisras — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:22:53 GMT

One more thing. The mail properties look like this:

Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0
Received: from srv007 ([]) by with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959);
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:18:41 +0100
Date: 11 Feb 2008 16:18:42 +0100
From:

To: <xxx>
Cc: <xxxx>
x-originating-ip: [xxx]
content-class: InfoPathForm.6f7dbeeb5678d76d$77a453ffe597272.Testar
Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="6b9114af-c636-4884-9d25-2bee354d27c2"
Subject: testar
reply-to: xxx
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Windows SharePoint Services (version 3)
Return-Path:xxx
Message-ID: <xxx>
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2008 15:18:41.0272 (UTC) FILETIME=[623D1F80:01C86CC1]

--6b9114af-c636-4884-9d25-2bee354d27c2
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

--6b9114af-c636-4884-9d25-2bee354d27c2
Content-Type: application/x-microsoft-InfoPathForm;
name = "Form.xml"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="Form.xml"

--6b9114af-c636-4884-9d25-2bee354d27c2--

Re: Cannot open attachments in browser forms

lisras — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:18:08 GMT

Hi Osama!

Thank you for your answer! And yes, I am aware that the office 2007 files actually are zip files but I have tried with 2003 format as well (like .doc file). And same error I am afraid. I've also tried with jpg and gif files, just to make sure that the error has nothing to do with the 2007 format. The only file format that is valid - accordingly to Outlook - is a .txt file.

Thank you,

/Lise

Re: Cannot open attachments in browser forms

omomani — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:32:42 GMT

Hi Lisras Honestly, i don have any previous experience in attachments in InfoPath forms. but i want to turn your your attention to a thing i think it's your core problem in this case!

you said that you can attach .txt file wich is a text file! ok then you are able to attach text files :) and you said that you couldnt attach docx files! here i want to turn ur attention that docx is not a text file, actually it is a zip file contains many files!!!! yup it is true, docx is a folder (by the way, right click your docx fil and open with win-rar! what do you see?? definitely you see many files in it)!! you have to get sure if InfoPath supports zipped attachments, for me i dont know!

try to attach .doc file which was the extension in MS Word 2003! if it works then the problem is in the x-series extensions (docx, xlsx,...) please tell me if doc attachment works!!

actually, i dont know if this is the problem that you face! but i felt that i have to tell you about docx because its not like any other extension.

hope it will help :)

Osama Momani.

Cannot open attachments in browser forms

lisras — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:50:48 GMT

Hello,

I have developed a form in InfoPath 2007 and published it as a browser form. I have put an "Attach file" control on the form so that my users are able to attach a file to the form. Now, when I attach a .txt file to the form, then it can be opened in Outlook 2007. But if I attach a docx or a xlsx or any other file, I get an error message in Outlook that says "the file is not a valid xml file" (it's in swedish so I hope the translation is correct). And the other message is (translation follows):

"Formuläret innehåller XML som inte går att parsa.
Ett ogiltigt tecken påträffades i textinnehållet.

Rad 7, position 2246
<my:fält2>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
--------------------------"

Translated it will be like this "The form contains XML that cannot be parsed. An invalid character was found in the content" and then it says Row 7 and so on...

I am sure this worked before, and like I said - attaching .txt files works. Anyone who has a solution to this??

Thank you!!

/Lise