How do I get a "form" (xsn) back into SharePoint.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 7:57 PM
Somebody built an application around a workflow. The workflow says it uses a form (xsn) not in the site but in the root collection in a Form Templates folder. Anyway, I can open it in SharePoint Designer. When I click edit it opens the form in InfoPath. My edits are simple, some text and the default values on two calendar controls.
Now what do I do? When I click submit or quick submit it demands access to a Visual Studio.net project. When I ignore the demand it saves the xsn to local drive. When I copy the archived project files to disk and point it to them it complains about access to someplace on a D:\ drive that I know nothing about.
Do I just take that saved xsn and upload it to the library it came from? What complication am I missing here?
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:58 PM
It sounds like they had published the form as a content type to the site collection, OR they published it as an administrator-approved template and then activated it to the site collection, which would have also created a content type around that form. When you make design changes to the form, you'll need to go through the publishing wizard to get those changes published into SharePoint. Click File and choose Publish, and choose SharePoint Server. Wherever it's been published to before will usually still be in there as the default. Does it say "form library" or "content type", or is "administrator-approved template" selected?
If it's content type, then just keep going through the wizard with the settings they already have in there, such as the site URL and the form templates library location. That's it.
If it's administrator-approved template, then the publishing wizard will spit out a NEW xsn file for you. Make note of its location and name, you can just put it on your hard drive or anywhere. You'll need to then give this file to the sharepoint administrator in order to upload it to the list of form templates in central administration.
Laura Rogers
SharePoint911: SharePoint Consulting
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Books:Beginning SharePoint 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint
Using InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step -
Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:10 PM
OK, I tried my saved copy uploading it via the Central Admin. I hit the Verify button and it told me to go the Admin Approved route, which seems to be the opposite of what you described.
What's the publishing wizard? Part of Designer? InfoPath?
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Friday, July 06, 2012 2:06 PM
I described how to publish the form as an administrator-approved template in the last paragraph of my reply. The publishing wizard is how you publish forms to sharepoint to be filled out by SharePoint users... as opposed to the submit button which is just to submit a single form you filled out.
If you'd like to obtain a more deep and detailed knowledge of all of the publishing methods and reasons, I did write an entire chapter (6) in my infopath book that goes into extreme detail.
Laura Rogers
SharePoint911: SharePoint Consulting
Blog: http://www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/laura
Twitter: WonderLaura
Books:Beginning SharePoint 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint
Using InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step- Marked As Answer by Entan MingMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:03 AM
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Friday, July 06, 2012 8:34 PMI just so happen to have your book right here. Let's see if it clears my fogginess.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:56 AMCool!! Good luck! ;-)
Laura Rogers
SharePoint911: SharePoint Consulting
Blog: http://www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/laura
Twitter: WonderLaura
Books:Beginning SharePoint 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint
Using InfoPath 2010 with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Step by Step -
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:35 PM Someone told me the trick was to map a drive directly into the site url. It must have been because editing it that way allowed me to submit it in the fasion one would expect. Not that there's anything wrong with the book...
- Marked As Answer by mardukes Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:35 PM
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