InfoPath Dev

 Unless everyone has InfoPath form filler available to them, you'll have to use a web-based form. I prefer it myself. Here's a good video on this, and I HIGHLY recommend her book, as Chapter 11 walks you through step-by-step. https://wonderlaura.com/2012/05/16/creating-a-workflow-initiation-form-for-approvals/  

 Hi zakaria.botros - If you're looking to do an actual form (like request for time off, or supplies, etc.), then check-in and check-out probably isn't going to be the best option. Forms are pretty much used to compile data to a list or library from multiple users. You might be better off just creating a file (Word, Excel, ...

 This means more to me than you know. It's been a really rough few weeks, so it's nice to have some sunshine coming in through the clouds. :) 

I'm happy that was the issue... Post again if your next form causes you trouble. By the way - your basic trouble-shooting approach was sound. Adding those extra buttons so you could see what was happening, and so forth - so don't second guess your instincts, ok? You seem to have good problem-solving capabilities. It is easy to forget that ...

 Guess who's going to cry..... LOL  Thanks again so much, words fail me. I wasn't kidding about my job either. Boss is kinda fed up right now. Got one more form to fix, and I hope that'll be the end of it before our upgrade to SP 2019. 

 No such thing as a dumb question. I believe it's set to run when it is new, because I didn't want people to be able to edit a request once it was submitted, but......Ohhhhhh, if that's it, I swear I'm gonna cry. :D Let me check that. 

I have a dumb question. Your workflow - it is set to run when a file is new or modified? That is, can you confirm the workflow is running when you submit from the PI or GR views?

 Apologies, I forgot to attach it. I give my files weird names to differentiate them. Plus it shows the frame of mind I'm in while I'm working on it. :D  Again, a thousand thanks. 

What's the error? Is it a browser error on the data connection? checkoutToLocal indicates whether the form should be available for offline editing, as per the blog. The person executing the data connection is the person the file will be checked out to. You can see the available parameters for the web method here: ...

Any chance I can see the form with the test buttons?