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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Data Connections</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/44.aspx</link><description> </description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>InfoPath cannot connect to data source error.</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/90920.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:45:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:90920</guid><dc:creator>Mellie</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/90920.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=44&amp;PostID=90920</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;I keep getting an error when trying to create a prepopulated address field based off a data connection in SP 2007.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Below are the steps I take to add the data connection to the XYZ form in my SP 2007 environment. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Address field is setup as a drop down list.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;1. Select “Get choices from external data source&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;2. Click Add&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;3. Select “Search for connection on a Microsoft SharePoint Server&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;4. Select the XYZ form library.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;5. Select Data Library&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;6. Select ABCMaster.udcx&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;7. Click next&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Downloading data&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Then I receive the following error. InfoPath cannot connect to data source.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Details: InfoPath had encountered an error. The Operation failed.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;There is nothing the server logs either.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;I have only used InfoPath for 6 + months. I am not 100% sure how the data connections work, Any help would be creatly appriciated.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>