InfoPath Dev

The "Send to Mail Recipient" file menu selection renders a very nice image of the form in the body of the email. However, it also sends the form along as an attachment. Is there a way to eliminate the attachment option or a way to obtain an image of the form when using the submit via a data connection option? Thanks.

Hi Gary and welcome to our forum!
Off the top of my head, you could use a digital signature to sign the form and get the image that is used during the signature process before submitting to the data connection. That would require installing digital signatures for the users though, which is a high bar. The image that you refer to is actually a variant of HTML, so it's really not an image. To eliminate the attachment or customize the send you can create your own e-mail submit adapter and write code to control the various envelope parameters. Good luck!

Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPath Dev Seattle

Check out these threads and I think you will find what you're looking for:

Check out the last few posts of this one, it provides a copy+paste solution from one of the sample forms.
http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1006

http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1435

I hope this helps! Welcome to the forum!

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Matt Faus
InfoPath Dev Texas

You know what would be really great?

If someone could attach a really basic simple sample file that someone like me could download and use as a go-by.

Hi Cchenning and welcome to ourforum!
Great idea. We have been working on a big change to the website to enable more sample forms. This should be available soon. Of course, we cannot create samples for every topic area.