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Re: Critical problem in deploying Infopath Forms to Production

j0hnglist — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:48:45 GMT

Thanks! However, how can I quickly create a DCL library on my production sever without converting each data source, since the convert option in Infopath created those DCL items? Unfortunately, Infopath won't let me re-convert or modify. You have to erase the data source and create it from scratch, then convert with the parameter of the server, for the DCL library to be populated with your Infopath data sources.

Re: Critical problem in deploying Infopath Forms to Production

Hilary Stoupa — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:26:36 GMT

You got it -- save the form as source files, open manifest.xsf with a text editor and use find and replace to update your data connections. Make a copy first!

Critical problem in deploying Infopath Forms to Production

j0hnglist — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:50:22 GMT

I have a major problem I do not know how to solve:

My Infopath forms are on a test server currently and I have many web service data connections that ultimately point to my test database. Because they are full trust, they are mapped using the data connection library in my Test Sharepoint environment.

Now I need to move these forms to a production server. But I need my data connections to now be pointing to another Data Connection Library on my production Sharepoint server. And the web services will now be pointing to my Database on my production environment. So how can I do this deployment without copying the Infopath form to production, then going in and updating all of my many data connections in the form? Is it possible to open the Cab file and change the paths of the mappings? How does one handle this dilemna?