InfoPath Dev

I have a usable solution: under SharePoint Form settings, I change to the default SharePoint form and delete the InfoPath form.  Then republish the InfoPath form: no more error message! So apparently, as suspected, SOMEthing is not being overwritten completely, unless the InfoPath form is deleted.

[quote user="Hilary Stoupa"] No, this should be fine - is this a SharePoint list form then? I might give this a try next week, see if I have something similar happen. Regular ShP 2010, not Office 365? [/quote]  Yes to all.  I have also contacted our site admin to see if something changed to cause this; waiting for a ...

[quote user="Hilary Stoupa"]Not to be silly - but did you republish the form after correcting the error?[/quote]  Yep, used Quick Publish after every update.  I'm new to InfoPath with zero training-- is there a step or option I'm maybe missing? Note: I've actually created several forms, and all were working fine ...

I'm starting to get a handle on the problem, and it took building a new list to do so.  But I still don't get what's going on. Somehow SharePoint (or InfoPath, or both) is not letting go of old, obsolete error situations. For instance, in the original problem, even after I deleted everything that could have caused the problem, ...

 [quote user="Hilary Stoupa"]Check that description field again - does it have any custom validation on it? Attach your template to a reply (under the Options tab) if you want me to take a quick look.[/quote] No validation whatsoever.  This error just popped up out of the blue-- I had made no changes since it last ...

I wish my problem was that identifiable. I get:The form cannot be submitted because it contains validation errors. Errors are marked with either a red asterisk (required fields) or a red, dashed border (invalid values). Field or group: my:Description Error: Cannot be blank Click OK to resume filling out the form. You may want to check your ...