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A neat library which can be used to easily add encryption for InfoPath form data.
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Exploring InfoPath Forms with Rules.
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How to publish a form as Web browser based

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This is a tip about SharePoint InfoPath form in SP Online.
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This document is aimed towards helping beginners to read data from AD using InfoPath.
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How to publish a form as Web browser based

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5 Jun 2017 by Md. Tahmidul Abedin
This is a tip about SharePoint InfoPath form in SP Online.
3 Oct 2013 by Dragonranger
A neat library which can be used to easily add encryption for InfoPath form data.
3 May 2014 by gggustafson
Some comments about your reply.Please use some coding guidelines. I published some under the Code Project article "Minimalist Coding Guidelines". The areas that I think you should read are "Edge Detection" under "Indentation" and "Identifier Spelling".Limit the length of your...
22 Mar 2012 by srinivas1256
Hi flokes,please send code for automatic mail sending from infopath form . i need to avoid confromation popup window while sending mail
17 Jun 2012 by Jean Paul V.A
Exploring InfoPath Forms with Rules.
2 Oct 2012 by pykos
Hello..Im developing a webservice wich creates a new infopathform.xml(I edit the template.xml from the original form.xsn) and upload it to a sharepoint library, the webservice can also download existing filled out forms from library and edit them.Our company need this for the users who dont...
26 Nov 2013 by vanita khatnani
you can achieve this by the "save as template" way...step 1:- open your sharepoint list in sharepoint designer step 2:- there is an option in the ribbon "save as template" step 3:- click it.. and it will save list template in solution gallery. or List templates. (dont forget to check the...
2 Jan 2014 by shijuse
How to publish a form as Web browser based
10 Jan 2015 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
Both InfoPath and ASP.NET application as secure as you made it!If it done wrong you got a big hole in your system with both, so there is no difference between them in that...If you want to convince your boss that the InfoPath solution isn't secure first learn how it can be secured, than find...
10 Jan 2015 by Manas Bhardwaj
None of them are secure or not-secure on their own. It depends on how you implement a particular functionality using these technologies. On the other hand, if you are really building new applications with InfoPath then I would suggest you to rather think about continuity and eventually an...
28 Oct 2015 by phil.o
The result of the subtraction of two DateTime values yields a TimeSpan value.You can then use this TimeSpan for your requirement. This way:TimeSpan ts = Time2 - Time1;string displayedResult = string.Format("{0} days, {1} hours, {2} minutes and {3} seconds", ts.Days, ts.Hours, ts.Minutes,...
19 Jan 2012 by developercorei3
Hi,I have big issue with integer numbers which are stored in one Share Point 2010 document library's column. On opening Infopath form that uses the number from listed column, number is changed and form becomes unusable. Example: number value in column is 2553, and when is opened becomes...
20 Jan 2012 by developercorei3
Hi,I have big issue with date/time format which are stored in one Share Point 2010 document library's column. Dates are stored as e.g. 15.11.2011., and in some fields dates are stored in wrong format, as 2011-11-15T00:00:00Z. When i try to open Infopath document that uses date in wrong...
19 Jan 2012 by developercorei3
Hi,I have created Sharepoint 2010 list with two columns, one for "Name and other for "E-mail". In infopath form users (person who gives the work order) can select "Name" from dropdown menu, and when saving Infopath form selected users will recieve an email with link to this document. I would...
19 Jan 2012 by Richard MacCutchan
Given this and your other two questions you may find some useful information by looking here[^].
28 Feb 2012 by Wissem Souilem
Hi,I have an infopath 2010 form that contains three fields:2 date time and the 3rd contains the difference between the two in hourshow I can make the difference between the two so that the display will be like this:Date Time1 05/01/2010 22:00Date Time2 ...
28 Feb 2012 by Not Active
Should give you a startTimeSpan ts = date1 - date2;string s = ts.TotalHours.ToString();
22 Mar 2012 by Santoshshrest
The following code might help youtry { MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(); SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.mailservername.com"); mail.From = new MailAddress("username@mailserver.com"); ...
22 Mar 2012 by Santoshshrest
The following code might help youtry { MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(); SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.mailservername.com"); mail.From = new MailAddress("username@mailserver.com"); ...
10 Apr 2012 by Zhavier
I am developing a program that reads xml forms created by infopath as one of its functions. As part of this process, I would like to simply view the xml form, without being able to type in text. However, I can't find any way to block the user from entering text, as the infopath control doesn't...
10 Apr 2012 by Yash85SP
Hi,1. Right click the date picker and go to its properties.2. Go to "Data" tab and Select the "Data Type" from the dropdown. (Date / Date time)3. Click on the format button and in the opening window; tick the "Display the date like this" radio button.4. Then select the "Locate" you...
25 Apr 2012 by Mohamad Rafi
Hi, I am working with MS Infopath with Sharepoint Technologies, My issue is:" How to submit Infopath 2007 repeating table data to the Sharepoint document library as list? " i.e I had a Infopath form with two views, in the second view we need to submit repeating table data into...
7 Jun 2012 by Puhann
I am new to SharePoint. Sorry if answer for my question is obvious. I've created approve absence workflow, InfoPath forms for adding absence statement and calendar view to show planned absences.Now I want to add posibility of adding new absence statement by clicking on the calendar view. But...
19 Jun 2012 by NaveenNeo
HiI want to create a SharePoint form using InfoPath. In the form i want to hide the top ribbon and show only a submit button at the bottom. Is there a any way for implementing this.
19 Jun 2012 by NaveenNeo
I got the solution for this1. Open the list in infopath and insert a image button/button under home tab.2. Select the button and go to properties tab from action dropdown choose Submit.Now Publish your InfoPath form. It will work like a charm.
20 Nov 2012 by aayu
Hi friends please help me Currently I am working on InfoPath 2010 and got stuck up in one functionality and asking for your help.Client Requirement :- • Client is asking for “Is Dirty” functionality in an Browser based InfoPath 2010 form as well “Is Dirty” functionality for the below...
5 Dec 2012 by aayu
Finally I found a solution by using the below code$("input[buttonid='btn_Cancel']").live("mousedown", function() {});.live helps to attach the same jquery function back to the button and mousedown since I am already using click event for some different purpose and want some alerts to...
25 Jan 2013 by DigitalReligion
I am trying to create a SharePoint List that has a link in one of it's columns that opens an InfoPath Form which has specific options that are populated by certain parts of the list that contains the link. Is there a way to do this? I have scoured the net looking for answers. Yet I am not...
18 Feb 2013 by AnandSharmaUK
If you are using browser enabled forms, you can upload it to any form library and get the link of the InfoPath form. Now create a column of type hyperlink(in your List) with default value of the InfoPath form link. As you save the item in the list, you will see the URL, clicking on which will...
15 Mar 2013 by Member 9915505
Select item from the dropdown list and details should be displayed in grid view in sharepoint without coding.For example Revenue is drop down which contains Sales,Marketing,etc... After selecting a Revenue from drop down then grid view should appear which contain Name,Details and...
17 Mar 2013 by Vikram Stephen
I have a Infopath Library in a SharePoint site and have few files in it. Now I wast to add a web part in the home page with a textbox and a button. I wast user to enter a form name in the textbox and when click the button the form should open in the diffrent windows. Right now I have a...
21 Mar 2013 by Vikram Stephen
Hi,I currently open infopath files save in a sharepoint library through a webpart. The user can enter the the file name in a textbox and click a button and the file will open. The URL is like: http://servername/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XmlLocation=/InstrumentsLib/" + fileName +...
21 Mar 2013 by Vikram Stephen
Found a way:http://servername/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XmlLocation=/InstrumentsLib/" + fileName + "&Source=http://b1544:8080/InstrumentsLib/Forms/AllItems.aspx&DefaultView=viewname&DefaultItemOpen=1";
19 Apr 2013 by skybluebazza
Hi I am wrting a Training booking system(following the steps in the book Sharepoint 2010 creating and implementing real world projects).All is ok apart from one thing. The systrem has a SP list that has start & end columns that are date/time columns. If i enter a new course directly into the...
18 May 2013 by Rupesh Tarwade
InfoPath form uses xml to store data and understands date in "yyyy-MM-dd" format only. The date control properties have format button which can be used to display the date in a specific format. Now if you are sing a date from InfoPath form in a DataSource you will have to re-format it. Try...
23 May 2013 by athan_makubex
Hi guys,I have a created a survey form using infopath. When the user click the button the data saves and redirect him to another page which is "Thank You page." But the problem is the user needs to click the button twice, 1st click is to save the data and the 2nd click is to go to TY page....
26 May 2013 by vanita khatnani
Any have any idea how to disable the delete option or symbol near the attached file using attachment control in infopath 2010.I have created a custom list in sharepoint 2010 and customize form using inbuilt infopath of sharepoint 2010...i want tht user can attach the files using...
30 May 2013 by ramarajan
Hi Friends, I've a query in InfoPath form, In my SharePoint document library, i've published infopath form, in which every time i'll create new form, in that will have multiple kinds of approval to send for another user. So my question is how to publish a major version of that infopath form...
7 Jun 2013 by Member 7946537
I have created workflow using SharePoint designer and info-path forms for leave approval.manager should open the infopath forms in mobile and approve/reject leave.my approach is once employee applied for leave , workflow should start and notification /mail will be send to manager who...
13 Jun 2013 by S.a.n.4.e.s
Hello, everybody!I have such problem. There is a wev-server, where web-site and InfoPath forms (.xsn files) are hosted. When a user clicks on special link on web-page InfoPath form should be opened. Web-page returns XML with a directions to the appropriate .xsn form. It works on most machines,...
17 Jun 2013 by Mathi2code
Hi All,I am using a console application and Querying a list and assigning the values into a array . for example my array contains 5 values , now i need to know how to Programmatically set this 5 values to Dropdown field which is created in Infopath Form .Please help me on this.Thanks...
17 Jun 2013 by Shahin Khorshidnia
Sharing data among Windows Forms[^]
18 Jun 2013 by Mathi2code
Hi All,i am having an 2010 InfoPath form and a workflow is attached to it. The form contains a Dropdown control on which filter is applied. after publishing it to the server and ones the workflow is triggered i am getting the following error . WarningAn error occurred querying a data...
26 Jun 2013 by qasimidl
i am using info path form 2007 whcih is attached with sharepoint list (2007)what i want to do iswhen user submit form (inform path ) it redirects to other form with required data (query string ) and fill that from fields on load event .( as we simply exchange data in asp.net pages...
28 Jun 2013 by athan_makubex
Hi guys, please help. I've created a form in infopath but what i want is to automatically highlight the text when you clicke the textbox. is there a way to do this?
30 Jun 2013 by Mathi2code
Hi All,I developed an InfoPath form having a dropdown control, i have written a custom code to populate the dropdown control from a SharePoint List and for the same form i am attaching a VS Custom Workflow but while loading the form i am getting the below error. Is there any specific way to...
3 Jul 2013 by Tony Tom.k
We need to edit the page approval form which is coming from my page approval workflow. We have opened our project in SharePoint Designer so we can see the two .xsn files which is inheriting in our workflow and using Infopath 2013 we will be able to edit that file,but before publishing it we need...
29 Jul 2013 by Chiranthaka Sampath
I have created a SharePoint site and within it there is an InfoPath form that has several fields. Within that form there are 4 text boxes that retrieve data from the Active Directory of Windows Server 2008 R2. I have created a data connection within that InforPath form to retrieve...
30 Jul 2013 by AnandSharmaUK
So you want to send parameters to SharePoint list as first name and last name and retrieve the corresponding annual leaves and other values. You can make use of filters within the data connection property. In the back end it will retrieve all the list values but on the form it will show the...
21 Sep 2013 by Mada Naga Sankar
Hello, I am working with infopath 2007 an sharepoint 2010. I have a dropdownlist in infopath form. I am trying to get data from a sharepoint list to that dropdown.But i am getting below while clicking on previewThe query cannot be run for the following DataObject: Employee 2InfoPath...
23 Sep 2013 by Member 10291701
Hi there, I'm new to infopath forms submitting to Sharepoint 2013 library.I have several templates, created in Infopath, and now need to publish all those templates to a document library in Sharepoint 2013. The user have to open one of the templates and once submit clicked, then the completed...
23 Sep 2013 by AnandSharmaUK
Please check the data connection that submits the form to the library and ensure you have correctly named the form. Make sure every form is being saved with a different name so your form name logic should change for every form.
2 Oct 2013 by Parissa Nouraie
hi every one.I am working on InfoPath 2010 and when I am trying to publish, I am getting "The view contains nested formatting which is not supported on InfoPath Forms Services. Examples of such formatting include heavily nested tables and heavily formatted text." error. I didn't use rich text...
8 Oct 2013 by Dragonranger
A way to add automatic properties to the FormCode for InfoPath 2007.
13 Oct 2013 by Parissa Nouraie
Hi guys, I have a problem in InfoPath form library.I create InfoPath form library , when I want to publish it , I got "The following data connections contain queries with parameters: TimeAt run-time, InfoPath automatically caches queries so they are available when user is in Offline Mode....
13 Oct 2013 by Parissa Nouraie
I solved itFile -> Form Option -> Offline -> uncheck the store data returned from queries so it can be used in offline mode.
14 Oct 2013 by Justin Diraviam
Hi ExpertsI need to send mail with infopath form without attaching the Form.Always I need to send mail with comment Form, the comment form should not be like attachment.Whenever I see the mail, the comment form is to be displayed with the message.LikeDear UserPlease...
16 Oct 2013 by adityasahver
Hello, I am new to Infopath and i am using this in Infopath 2010. I have a requirement where the sharepoint list is getting updated on Submitting the infopath form after checking a condition. The condition involves 2 AND operations which looks like this If (a!=b) && (a=='Some Value')...
23 Oct 2013 by adityasahver
Hello, Here i am facing some weird issue. I have a People Picker, which is being populated from a SharePoint list based on the selection in the dropdown. The data connections are made properly and the functionality is working as expected when i do a Preview in the Infopath 2010. But when...
18 May 2020 by vanita khatnani
hello everyone,need a help in solving an error occured while adding and editing an item of sharepoint list 2010. The sharepoint list has been customized using infopath 2010 The error is:------->The amount of data that was returned by a data connection has exceeded the maximum limit that...
17 Nov 2013 by madan.mohan2k6
Hi,How to check logged-in user name in Active Directory specific Group and make visible InfoPath Form view's with out custome code. Can some one please help me...Thanks,Madan.
19 Nov 2013 by adityasahver
Hi,I have a dropdown list, where i have multiple option. And on selection of a particular item in the Dropdown list, the datepicker should become Required.I have applied the Validation rule and it is working fine. But when i select a date from the calender(which is there in the...
3 Dec 2013 by solaks
Hi , I have an Infopath form from sharepoint2010 list and I want to open a new pdf file with some of the values from Infopath form on a Button Click.Since I am new to Infopath, Pls give me steps in detailCould some one help me to solve the issueThanks In...
7 Jan 2014 by Prasad gavande
Can we create infopath form with visual studio ? and can we bind the same with list ? please give me some links to do this task
9 Jan 2014 by Rupesh Tarwade
InfoPath 2010 supports VSTA which comes with Office 2010 installation. The code behind opens in Visual Studio 2005. You cannot create InfoPath form using Visual Studio 2010.To bind the form to list you can either create a list form or create a custom form and use SharePoint Object model to...
9 Jan 2014 by Rupesh Tarwade
You can use an hyperlink control to link the pdf or word document.
23 Jan 2014 by A. Ramkumar
I have created the textbox in infopath ,Here I have used auto suggest control for a textbox, I will load value and ID in that text box , on selecting a value in auto suggest on the textbox an id will be generated for that selected value, I need to store that is in another text box,on post back...
23 Jan 2014 by Christian Graus
When you type something in to a text box and then reload the page, you need to populate the text box on the server explicitly, or the value will be lost. Using AJAX to make your requests, sidesteps this issue, otherwise, you WILL lose your values, unless you write code to deal with that.
6 Mar 2014 by soumit mukherjee
Hi, i am new to Infopath form. I got stuck into a problem. My Scenario is : i have created one Infopath form and deployed into sharepoint server(2010) and using library settings i have saved that one as library template. Now users have started creating their own form libraries using that...
6 Mar 2014 by athma510
i have 3 views in SharePoint info-path how can i set the vies based on user login
7 Mar 2014 by vanita khatnani
you can set rules on form load events.go to data tab, select form load you need 2 counter variable ie;- current approver(people picker) then set rule--- condition such as AccountID(of current approver)is equal to Username.(here username is inbuilt function) then click action select...
26 Mar 2014 by july2008
I have a list that shows all the inforpath forms, all the inforpath xml files in the Same folder,But i want to remove some xml files to another files, and I also want to show these forms in the list, So what can i do to fulfill this goal ????Thank you.
27 Mar 2014 by july2008
I have a infopath list ,but the list shows slow. When the users trying to fill out the flow, it also spends a long time to open the form. In the folder, there are 3 thousand xml files, Is there any possible reason that the too much data cause this?any actions I can do to make it more...
9 Apr 2014 by Info-Share
InfoPath 2013 partial rich-text formatting and embedded images in a browser-compatible form template.This feature is not currently available in InfoPath 2013 for browser-based forms, only client applications. Does anyone know a work around?Thanks
30 Apr 2014 by sh_ho121
Suppose we have an app that gets N filled Infopath forms (xml file) from an external source and inserts them into corresponding tables on an SQL Server. Form fields are either simple strings or base64 strings (for images and attachments). These fields are used as insertion FunctionImports'...
2 May 2014 by Rupesh Tarwade
One way would be having different submit connection with each having the fields from the different SharePoint list. On button click write a rule to populate the data in these connection fields and call both submit connection one after the other.Other way to do it would be writing a WCF...
2 May 2014 by Rupesh Tarwade
Using InfoPath form with multiple views, you should be able to achieve this. Use Next and back buttons to change the view and in final view show all the Main connection fields in read-only move. You could also maintain a flag to allow user to just directly to a certain page from the final view.
11 Jun 2014 by july2008
Here in my inforpath list, I need to give a ID for all the item, and the ID should be unique, The ID should be like this, 2015000001,201500000002,....,201600000,...,for every year, The ID should be start from 000001 again.How to get the ID ?
22 Jun 2014 by Ibrahim Khatri
You can rely on the auto generated id from the form library on SharePoint, that will always have starting id with 1.The only thing you should do is get the id within form data after submitting to library as it is generated only after that.So, you would go for following steps:1. create id...
26 Jun 2014 by AkashAnand
Hi,Can you suggest me ,Which Tool are good for Migration.My Requirement is Migrate InfoPath 2007 forms to InfoPath 2013 Forms.ThanksAkash Anand
6 Jul 2014 by Arjun Menon U.K
Hi,I am working in a sharepoint project and i am new to it. What i want to do is to show an Infopath report in a webpart ( shown as pop up).Like th built in version history in SP, I will show a pop up from where i can select two versions (using two ddls) and when i click a button, i must...
31 Jul 2014 by Arjun Menon U.K
Hi,I have an infopath file with code behind. The code behind is to redirect to another view i created in infopath itself. But when i pulish and upload the infopath in Central Admin and then use it in my site collection, nothing is happening.I am using this piece of code to redirect...
1 Sep 2014 by Athar Raza Faridi
Hi Friends,We have a SharePoint 2010 Designer workflow with 25 approval stages (supposed to run for around 1.5 yrs. ) . We have a consistent problem in the workflow as it keeps failing with message "error occured" at some stages(not uniform) after a users tries to submit his Tasks .After...
8 Oct 2014 by activex12
Hi,I tried to publish a infopath form to the sp2010 site but the infopath designer throws the following error Invalid expression encountered: ../my:hidden =...
27 Oct 2014 by Am Gayathri
How to create more than one column with same name in SP2010 ? Is that possible? Can we create it in SP list.also what is 'Directory' column type in SP2010#Sharepoint 2010
28 Oct 2014 by hellboybza
Yes we can create two columns with same name in SharePoint.1. Create a content type and add a column with name " My Name "2.Go to the list and add a column with name " My Name "3. In the Advance settings--> check yes for allowing multiple content types.4. Add from existing...
17 Nov 2014 by Ahmadam
I am trying to print an InfoPath 2013 form published to sharepoint Library, when Printing the background color is gone!!!I need to maintain the background color for the form.... \any help is highly appreciated...thanks,
23 Nov 2014 by Member 11131722
Requestor SectionName Employee ID Role Company submit cancel Approver SectionApproved By Approved Date Remark Approve Reject
8 Dec 2014 by FauzulHossain
This document is aimed towards helping beginners to read data from AD using InfoPath.
11 Dec 2014 by Upender1984
Hello Team,Please help I want to disable cntl+z in infopath or if feasible can we add a password to allow ctrl+z.please help....regards,Upender Singh
10 Jan 2015 by Yesudass Moses
Hi,Our office uses a set of InfoPath forms for filling daily expenses, incomes, sales, purchases etc. These files will be loaded to database using SSIS packages. The reports will be shown using SSRS. I just gave my idea to my boss for developing an ASP.NET application, and integrating all...
11 Jan 2015 by Yesudass Moses
Hi,I am using this formula on a repeating-table field to get A, B, C etc as the value for each row.substring("abcdefghij", count(preceding-sibling::*) + 1, 1)But In the first row only, the field value becomes empty.Can you please tell me where is the mistake in this formula ?
5 Feb 2015 by BhushanReddy
How to restrict extra blank pages while printing infopathform in browser?Actually all the content is printing in first 3 pages.after that 7 extra blank pages are printing.
5 Feb 2015 by CHill60
Knowledge base article about this problem ...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2705421/en-us[^]
11 Feb 2015 by BhushanReddy
I have created Multiple selection listbox in infopath form.when i migrated the values and open the document, it was created one more value instead of checking the existing values.
25 Mar 2015 by Mohammad Al Hoss
Hi All,When using Rest Webservice I am not able to select the "entry" property because it is not marked as repeated and I am getting this error "You Must Select a repeating Group Or Field".
22 Apr 2015 by Member 10875212
i need to create a report from SharePoint and i try to search in the database but i cant get value for the form that i created by info-path i thing because this is repeating table i can search in this database and get more values but this i cant this value is the body of the topic no the...
30 Apr 2015 by BamideleAriwodola
I'm currently looking for a way to get the difference between 2 date time fields in hours. The first "Start Time" is a date time field with its default value as now() while the "End time" is a also a calculated field. The "end time" field is to be populated when the form has concluded its...