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Re: Reconnect a field between the form and a SharePoint form library

Julie Grubbs — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:14:41 GMT

Beautiful! That "Form Options" button was what I needed. Thank you!

Re: Reconnect a field between the form and a SharePoint form library

Hilary Stoupa — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 23:07:43 GMT

I think you'll need to instead promote the field from the form again so that InfoPath can create the link between the field and the library.

You can do this when you republish the form, just don't use Quick Publish.

You may be able to select your new column when you re-publish and have the field values go to it - worth a try.

Form Options is on the File "back stage" in IP 2010 - I think it says "Advanced Form Options".

Reconnect a field between the form and a SharePoint form library

Julie Grubbs — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:58:53 GMT

The scenario I am dealing with is this:

I have an InfoPath form that I started building linked to a SharePoint form library. Everything seemed to be fine except that I have a text field that, once the form was submitted, kept cutting off after a certain point. Not knowing any better, I tried to edit the field/column in SharePoint to allow the field to accept more characters. Then, when editing the form in InfoPath, I got a message that the form couldn't sync with the form library anymore. So I deleted the original field and added a new one on SharePoint, thinking I could point the form to the new field/column I wanted to use. So far, I can't find a way to tell the form which field on SharePoint it is that I want to get populated with the information inputted in the corresponding field on the form after it is submitted.

I hope this explanation is clear. I'm sorry if I should have posted this elsewhere or if this is a common question - I searched the Newbie section and couldn't find any answers.

Thanks for any help!

Edited to add: many search results I've come across refer to a Tools menu and a Form Options button, but this is nowhere to be found in InfoPath 2010 as far as I can tell.