InfoPath Dev

Yes, if you want an ID after submit, then you should be good to go.  If you need to give the record an ID before submitting the form, then you will have some complex issues. (too complex for me, anyway)  I've seen posts on using a SQL table to do that. My example uses a workflow to set a value in a form ...

Add a secondary data source pointing to the list (Manage Data Connections - Create New Connection to receive data) add the ID field to the connection. Some screen shots are on my blog http://sharepoint2007only.blogspot.com/ Hope that helps!

This solution maybe interesting to some.  I don't know much about coding and I was also not prepared to spend a lot of time building an autonumber.  I am using the ID field on a SharePoint List and updating a custom field after submitting the form. Take a look at my blog post here:  ...