Re: One button for submit and one for save

ErnestoM — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:18:39 GMT

Hi-

On the ribbon, Save and Submit are different operations.

Save: Allows the user to type in the filename.
Submit: submits the form to the form library according to the rules/data connections that have been configured.

Once the user has submitted, allowing them to Save is probably a bad idea. They could type in whatever filename they want and you would end up with duplicate data or funny filenames.

What you could do is:

Add a field to your form called FormStatus
When the form is first created, set this field to New
As part of the submit rules, add a rule that sets the value of Status to Submitted.
When the user reopens the submit and updates, have rules that set the value of Status to Updated.

You are still submitting, and still using a submit-type data connection, but you can use the Status field to track the form's status and, in addition, use the value to hide/show controls or sections in your form. For instance, you could hide a button if Status=Submitted or hide a section if Status=Updated.

Good luck!

One button for submit and one for save

cjbrown815 — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:52:41 GMT

I want to hide the ribbon, create a submit button on the form (done) and after the submitter clicks the "submit" button, the submit button disappears (done) and the save/update button appears and stays for all future updates to the form (need help with this part)

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Re: One button for submit and one for save

One button for submit and one for save