InfoPath Dev

 Don't worry about this. I redid all my rules to take account of weekends and public holidays.

Open InfoPath Designer. Select "SharePoint List" for the template type. Enter the URL for the list ... at some point in the wizard you will see a checkbox for managing multiple items - select that checkbox. Here is a blog post with screenshots: ...

If you set last modified and it doesn't match the last modified for the file on the server your check out will fail. Your screenshots of your sample form aren't showing. But I would put a button that simply executes the query on the form, as well as the query fields, and the data fields as well so I can see the result - then I would test ...

Hello,   I followed two major blog (all credit to the authors) to build my browser based form  for auto check out ...

Thank you Hillary, that solved it. 

 I am coming on here because I was assigned a project to help collect work data (#'s of each task completed) and I have set up the database and form in the shared network drive. The form submits perfectly for me, but when anyone else (even those with NO restrictions in network drive) tries to submit the form, it tells them the database ...

 Hilary,  You mentioned above "why not just use a customized list form that can manage multiple items?"  I have tried to find information on how to do that but not finding anything on Google. Do you have a link that could help me?  Thank you,  Mark 

But again, with the Parent/Child solution I still have an inability to update BOTH lists. In InfoPath, as you know, you can only have one Main data connection that writes back to the list. I can query other lists using secondary connections, but cannot post the updates or changes to a secondary list. At least that I'm aware ...

Yes Hilary I was able to get through this :)