InfoPath Dev

warrtalon, you repsonded while I was typing. You basically outlined what I was trying to accomplish. I'll try this again from scratch.

Thanks for the response rbarath23. But I can't seem to get it to work. I just want to give a background on what I did. I created a new field on my SharePoint list called Employee Name. This field is a people/group data type. I also promoted my AccountID value from my InfioPath People Picker to the SharePoint list. Within SPD I want to update ...

Hi I was wondering if there was any way to get the current forms name back into a text box using rules I have seen that it can be done using programming with me.URI but I wondered if there is a way to do this and void doing any code and using rules instead :) Many thanks Ben

ok then Where on this site should I be posting this so I can reach out to people who have? Or are even familiar with this?

Browser forms are currently only possible within SharePoint (MOSS Enterprise actually), otherwise everyone will have to have the same version of InfoPath as the form template itself. Did you see my answer on MSDN/TechNet?  You didn't reply there, nor acknowledge it as an answer.

I haven't encountered that before, sorry.

I have opend the form in design, converted the data connection but now my controls are unbound(control cannot store data)

I have developed a form, but do not know how to put it to use.  I have a website, but do not have my own server. I would like to be able to send this form to my sub contractors and have them fill it out and  click a submit button to get it back to me. I do not expect others to have infopath.

First, promote the AccountId field to the form library as itself, but hide that column from your view.  Then, upon submission, the workflow should kick off and should use Set Field in Current Item. All you do is set your people picker field to the value of AccountId.  For me, I've always had to use the email address for this to work, ...

Yes, you're getting there - it's all permissions/security from here.  I got all the rest of that from blogs online, but I didn't keep track of where they were. You'll just need to search for each concept individually. Converting the DCs to UDC is simple.  Just click Tools > Data Connections > and do it ...