InfoPath Dev

If the drop down is hard coded, you'd have to modify the view for the form and resave the template..... I guess one option might be to store the options for the drop down in the form's main data source - then you could add to that.

Save the file locally by right clicking the link in the header and selecting "Save target as". The right click the saved file and select Design to open in design mode.

This template doesn't give me an error on preview or on open. I searched the form files and there is no reference to GetUserProfileByName. There is code in the form, but I used a decompiler to review it, and it doesn't appear to do anything - I think it was accidentally added....

You bet - want to attach it under the Options tab?

Your event receiver generates XML? And you are setting that XML node via your event receiver? Can you maybe provide a little more detail?

Sorry, I missed your follow up. Actually - yes, that is a problem and one I didn't think to talk about, I'm afraid. I don't know of a good way to prevent this - in the past, I've manually updated the GUIDs in the manifest (sounds awful but is really just a matter of getting the Prod template down and then copying the GUIDs to the ...

I don't think the UI is going to offer anything here. If you just needed to change the formatting, I would exporting the source files and modifying the view manually (or at least trying!) if you could find a way to make find / replace work for that.... But when you also need to change data types, that could get sticky. I suppose you could try ...

So - both XML were created by the same version of the same XSN?

Hi - I'm attaching a sample from that does this (I think - if I am understanding correctly) and I just used a pretty simple filter on the drop down. Save the file locally, right click and select design to open in design mode and then you can preview.

Your SP Admins are correct that if the form is intended to be a list form you would have needed to start with a SharePoint list - you can also customize your list form from InfoPath, but you do have to have the list first. If you publish the form to a form library and promote all the fields, however, you can display all the form data in the ...