SharePoint Integration

Re: "Landing" page in SharePoint after submitting form?

rbeeman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:50:45 GMT

Thank you! Yes, it is deployed thru a browser. As you've described, I ended up finding some articles (e.g., http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk/archive/2007/03/08/How-to-redirect-users-on-form-closing.aspx) on how to edit the Source attribute in the URL address. Since I'm opening the forms via a hyperlink in a SharePoint webpart (Content Editor), I was able to edit the URL address there (to change the Source destination to my "landing page" versus the InfoPath/SharePoint default). Thanks again for your help.

Re: "Landing" page in SharePoint after submitting form?

warrtalon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:03:09 GMT

Are you referring to browser forms? You didn't mention them, so I'm not sure. With rich client forms, there should be no place to return - it opens the client, submits, and then closes or not depending on what your settings are. If you have a browser form, then the return location is specified by the Source attribute in the URL. Go open a form in the browser and find the Souce attribute. Whatever is after the equal sign is where people will go. Unfortunately, there is no OOTB setting for changing this. It defaults to the URL you were on when you opened the form. If you generate the URL for a browser form and send it via email (like in a workflow), then you can specify the Souce to be whatever you want, but when opening a form from the SharePoint interface, it automatically sets the Souce as that same location.

I do believe someone has found a way to trick this, but I do not know the method.

"Landing" page in SharePoint after submitting form?

rbeeman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:50:22 GMT

How do I set where the user goes after submitting a form. I have some forms I've deployed thru SharePoint (as Content Types), where I've changed the Form Library where the data is sent upon submitting. After that change, it errs after submitting as it cannot find the page it should go to (though the data seems to be captured just fine). I'd like to build another page on the site to serve as a "landing page" where users would go after submitting form (rather than going directly to the Library where the form's submitted data is kept). Is there a setting or option someplace in InfoPath form settings or publishing process to set this? Thanks!