InfoPath Dev

 Hi - this post may help you get started: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2006/04/05/569338.aspx

 I'm not really sure what you mean in your question. Are you storing the data in data fields? If so, you can put the same data fields on your other view, either as calculated values, so they just display the data, or as text boxes so the user can change the data. What it the rule on your button that is returning ...

 You need to add filters to the drop down values - here's a blog post that may help you. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2004/09/13/228881.aspx

 If it were a regular InfoPath form, I'd guess that the field wasn't a main data source field - sometimes I see people expect IP to save data in secondary data sources. But since it is in a task form, it sounds like you've taken the right steps here.

 I'm sorry, I don't know what a salary ID is. Can you explain a bit more? The AccountID field from the people picker should have the users account ID. You could then set the query field in a GetUserProfile data connection to that value and query the data connection to get back details for the user, include the email ...

 Your screenshot shows a field named "Vendor". The error shows a field named VENDOR. Since XML is case sensitive, these are two different fields. If you look in your form's data source in design mode, are you able to find the VENDOR field? (To your PS - here's a link to the support page for the company I work for ...

 In your form, you have a people picker control, right? In the data source, one field should be account id. See attached screenshot.

 So - not sure what "black out" means... but I'd put a rule on the Status field with the condition "Status is not equal to active" to set the Cancellation field to blank. Then I would also add conditional formatting to the Cancellation field that if Status is not equal to active, disable the field. You could also set ...

 When you set up the email submit data connection, you can select a form field for the "To" value - have you tried setting that to the account id in the people picker? In some environments, I know that might not resolve to the email address, but it is worth a try, right? If that doesn't work, you can use the User Profile web ...

 The error is a validation error that states a field (my:VENDOR) needs to be filled out. Is that field on the form someplace for the user to fill out?