File attachment control - InfoPath Dev Sign in | Join | Help in Browser Forms InfoPath (Entire Site) InfoPath Dev InfoPath Dev is dedicated to bringing you the information and tools you need to be successful in your Microsoft Office InfoPath development projects. Home Blogs Forums Photos Downloads InfoPath Dev » InfoPath » Browser Forms » File attachment control File attachment control Last post 01-03-2009 09:58 PM by Jimmy. 5 replies. Page 1 of 1 (6 items) Sort Posts: Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Next 01-02-2009 05:49 PM pooters Joined on 01-03-2009 Posts 6 File attachment control Reply Contact All, I have a InfoPath File Attachment Control Question:Person “A” fills out a infopath form, attaches a excel spreadsheet and then submits the form. Person “B” receives the form and wants to open the excel spreadsheet and make additions/corrections to the attached spreadsheet. When person “B” opens the excel spreadsheet, its “READ ONLY” and no changes can be made to the excel spreadsheet. Can any settings be changed allowing a excel spreadsheet to be opened and changes made, then re-saved to a infopath form?My solution is to open the “read only” file, save it locally – rev 1, make updates to the file, then attach the modified file (rev 1) to the infopath form. I would like to know if you have any ideas how I could solve this problem. Thank you for your help. 01-02-2009 07:34 PM In reply to Shiva Joined on 04-15-2005 India Posts 694 Re: File attachment control Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Hello Welcome to the Forums, By default it will open attachment to any user. Do you have any conditional formatting for that control? How you are sending the forms from User A to User B? Are you using SharePoint? Shiva / http://www.ggktech.com 01-02-2009 09:13 PM In reply to swathip Joined on 10-30-2007 India Posts 487 Re: File attachment control Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Hi, I have tried this out and it is working fine for me. Once you check any conditional formatting is there on the control as shiva said. Swathipwww.ggktech.com 01-03-2009 08:43 AM In reply to pooters Joined on 01-03-2009 Posts 6 Re: File attachment control Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact I am using Moss 2007 and Infopath 2007. When I attach a word document or a excel spreadsheet to a infopath form, User B's attachment only opens as "read only". I do not have any conditional formatting for the control. I submit the infopath form to a sharepoint library. Thank you for any suggestions. 01-03-2009 08:13 PM In reply to Shiva Joined on 04-15-2005 India Posts 694 Re: File attachment control Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Hello, Sometimes InfoPath attachment control behavior is different. Can you remove once that attachment control from InfoPath UI and added it agin from datasource. Then you will get editable for User B. Shiva / http://www.ggktech.com 01-03-2009 09:58 PM In reply to Jimmy Joined on 07-03-2008 Posts 2,595 Re: File attachment control Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact The behavior you describe is normal. When a user opens a document from an InfoPath form, it is stored in a temp file so that the relevant application can open it. The application opening the file does not have the ability to save the file back into the form, so the only solution is to do what you already figured out: save the file locally and re-attach it. Jimmy Rishe / Software Developer / Microsoft MVPQdabra Software Page 1 of 1 (6 items) Copyright © 2003-2019 Qdabra Software. All rights reserved.View our Terms of Use.
All, I have a InfoPath File Attachment Control Question:
I would like to know if you have any ideas how I could solve this problem.
Thank you for your help.
Hello Welcome to the Forums,
By default it will open attachment to any user. Do you have any conditional formatting for that control?
How you are sending the forms from User A to User B? Are you using SharePoint?
Hi,
I have tried this out and it is working fine for me. Once you check any conditional formatting is there on the control as shiva said.
I am using Moss 2007 and Infopath 2007. When I attach a word document or a excel spreadsheet to a infopath form, User B's attachment only opens as "read only". I do not have any conditional formatting for the control. I submit the infopath form to a sharepoint library. Thank you for any suggestions.
Hello,
Sometimes InfoPath attachment control behavior is different. Can you remove once that attachment control from InfoPath UI and added it agin from datasource. Then you will get editable for User B.
The behavior you describe is normal. When a user opens a document from an InfoPath form, it is stored in a temp file so that the relevant application can open it. The application opening the file does not have the ability to save the file back into the form, so the only solution is to do what you already figured out: save the file locally and re-attach it.