InfoPath Dev

Is it possible to change the form name, e.g. from "Form1.xml" to "Proposal 001.xml", sometime when user is filling the form? So that when user finishes filling, and tries to save the form, the name in the save dialog will be the new name, rather than the default one.

I need this to make sure the file name follows some rules, rather than free text anything written by user.

thanks.

Hi Jeff,

When you are creating the data connection to submit the form to the sharepoint library,  On the third dialog of the wizard when you specify the url for the SharePoint Library, there is a second text box called Filename, you can put an xpath expression in here that uses some of the fields in the form to create an unique name. You can use the concat function to concatinate multiple fields together
e.g. concat("Proposal", <field1>, <field2>)

You can also provide an OnSubmit or OnSave handler and set the name of the file in code.   There is an example in "Developing Solutions with Microsoft INFOPATH" by Patrick Halstead and others.  Check out chapter 10, Uniquely Naming the Form.

Hope this helps.

Stephanie

Hi, Stephanie

Thanks for your helpful reply and I found also we can use Javascript to this, like

XDocument.UI.SetSaveAsDialogFileName("Status Report.xml");

Hello

This is one another way of doing it

http://archive.infopathdev.com/howto/tutorials/default.aspx?i=3604c87845664a19bcad1480dab420b9

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for sharing that info.

Regards,

Stephanie

Stephanie,

To which wizard are you referring?  The Publish function in Infopath?