Data Connections

Re: Upload an Infopath form rather than publish it

tgfo62 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:21:30 GMT

Thanks Daniel

That's sort of what i did -

i created the form and set the submit to overwrite. I have my main forms hidden from the general users, so I just opened a form, filled out something to begin and then submitted it.
Now everyone can go in and access that one form from the document library and I don't have to worry about them opening another because they don't know where to find it.... :-)

Re: Upload an Infopath form rather than publish it

Daniels — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:01:30 GMT

You should be able to achieve this using SharePoint:

If you configure the Main Submit data connection to submit to the SharePoint document library with a static file name (not generated from form data), you can specify that the form overwrites a previous version if it already exists in the library. with a static filename, the form will always submit and overwrite the previous. You can also restrict options which are available to form users such as saving a copy of the form, which also forces users to submit, overwriting the required version.

You can also alter the permissions on the document library after the form has been submitted the first time to prevent any additional forms being submitted or any unauthorised changes to the forms data being made.

The following may be of some assistance:

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks

Daniel

Re: Upload an Infopath form rather than publish it

Qazi Anis — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:59:44 GMT

i dont think there is any option like that, because every InfoPath form (*.xml ) needs template(*.xsn) to load. so if u just load the form (xml) it wont work.

Why dont u think of preventing the user from creating a new form. you should be able to do that easily using sharepoint designer by removing the buttons.

Upload an Infopath form rather than publish it

tgfo62 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:09:02 GMT

I have created an infopath form that we will use for metrics throughout the year. I do not want to publish this form to Sharepoint because we will only use the one form for the full year and I don't want anyone accidently starting another one. What I'd like to do is upload the form to a Sharepoint library and have users be able to view it there. Is this possible?