InfoPath Dev

Hello, I am currently using the GetUserProfileByName data connection inside my InfoPath form and it works well. The only problem is about 50% of the time I get an error saying that "An error occured querying a data source". This happens when I first open the form and then occasionally when I populate the people pickers inside the form. ...

Thank you very much.  This was exactly what I was looking for.  I was looking at the count function but I didn't know how to use it for one and second how to perform multiple instances.  I appreciate the help!

First of all, which version of InfoPath? I am only familiar with InfoPath 2007 and this "parts" may be something that is introduced in InfoPath 2010 that I do not know about. If you are talking about a form where you need to show/not show something based on a value in a drop down, you should use Conditional Formatting. Wrap all the ...

Just a thought; Repair the InfoPath installation? If XMl documents with the proper processing instructions are not recognized and opened as InfoPath forms, then it may be because explorer doesn't think they are associated anymore.

Hi Take a look at http://www.eliasen.dk/files/tallies.xsn - I have prepared a sample of how it could be done. The trick is to leverage XPath and the count function. Take a look at the default values of the fields of the Totals section of the data source. Notice that you need to mark "Edit XPath" property when looking at the formula to ...

Hi Nothing changes, it seems, no matter what I use for the settings about post back. Any ideas?  

Thanks, Jimmy - that did the trick.

hi all,    im not sure if there's anyone that's encountered this, but Im having an issue with a form that i created. there are two cases where people have opened the form via the email notification workflow which opens up a web browser that shows all the xml code for that form.   Its a client based form and it is ...

In short: ShP list forms are great for very simple <20 field data forms. They don't scale and they shouldn't be used in 75% of your business process forms. For those, you'll want to use InfoPath Form Libraries. Both can be displayed in the browser using SharePoint 2010.

Hi Jean, Here's the reply to your email:  ====Hi Jean, If you're using browser-based forms, you will need to configure some kind of server-based email either using SharePoint or some third-party tool (such as our DBXL SharePoint Accelerator for InfoPath). If you have InfoPath Filler forms, you can just send email from the ...