Data Connections

Re: Infopath 2013 + SharePoint Document Library. Can I make the form work offline?

DaveThomas — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:06:14 GMT

Thank you Don for this link. I will surely give this a try this week. I will let you know the results once I get done. It looks promising!

Re: Infopath 2013 + SharePoint Document Library. Can I make the form work offline?

FormotusGlen — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:42:09 GMT

Hello Dave,

In case you are interested, Formotus is a paid service with an InfoPath filler client app that offers exactly the offline functionality you describe. Forms submitted while offline queue up in a forms outbox and are submitted to SharePoint when connectivity returns. Currently available for iOS and Android devices, and Windows 8 support is coming soon.

Check out the form features page.

Good luck,

Glen

Re: Infopath 2013 + SharePoint Document Library. Can I make the form work offline?

donstephen — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 04:17:38 GMT

Hi DaveThomas,

I'm not sure if this is possible with InfoPath alone, fortunately, I found a blog post on How to Enqueue Submits While Offline. I haven't tested this approach yet but I'm hoping that I'm pointing you toward the right direction here. Hope this helps.

Infopath 2013 + SharePoint Document Library. Can I make the form work offline?

DaveThomas — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:49:09 GMT

Hello all,

I created an InfoPath 2013 form that that users can use directly from my SharePoint site. The InfoPath form saves the forms to a 'Document Library' on SharePoint. When I go to File --> Form Options --> Compatability, the "Form Type" is "Web Browser Form" at the moment.

I created a 'Data Connection' for the Submit button that syncs the files generated after the form to a Document Library in SharePoint.

My question is, how can I make it so that this form is available offline for the user? The user does have InfoPath 2013 on their machine and I can send the form to them; however, I would like the form data to sync back to the document library once the user re-establishes an internet connection again.

I tried changing the Compatiblity to InfoPath Filler, but I am getting the following when trying to click "Submit" on the form when I am offline:

Which makes sense as the form only knows that it should sync to a Document Library in SharePoint even in the FormFiller mode. What options do I have for this? I would like it so that when the user clicks submit while they are offline and in the FormFiller mode of InfoPath that it would save the form file somewhere and sync it later when the user has internet connection again.