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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / May 2005Infopath Implementation: Is my idea possible?
Our HR department likes to send out surveys for the employees to fill out anonymously regarding different things, and the Operations department does the same thing for over 100 musicians. At this point, they are creating the documents in Word and emailing them, at which point they are printed off and dropped in a box. After a cursory look at InfoPath I thought this was the answer! The HR girls (not very technically pre-disposed) can create nice looking survey forms and then I can post them to our Intranet site for employees and muscians to fill out anonymously. The data can be sent in an email to HR or I can build a little database that would collect all of the data. I have successfully created a test form, but cannot post it to the web server. Is what I want to do possible, or will I need to look at another software solution or God forbid, code this all in ASP / HTML myself? Thanks! - Dallas Symphony > then I can post them to our Intranet site for employees and muscians to > fill > out anonymously. My understanding is everyone would need InfoPath installed for read/write forms... >The HR girls > (not very technically pre-disposed) Some training would be needed... > I have successfully created a test form, but cannot post it to the web > server. What error response are you getting? Nic Roche > Our HR department likes to send out surveys for the employees to fill out > anonymously regarding different things, and the Operations department does [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Thanks! > - Dallas Symphony Hi, I foound the same to be true, that all who use the XML forms generated in InfoPath must have the application. Since Infopath is part of the Office Systems 2003 Enterprise Edition, this should be but an installation error. Our IT did a complete install on my machine but when they rolled it out (SMS) to all employees they elected not to include InfoPath in the install instructions. Now they will have to roll it out again since we plan to make it the main form generator in our SharePoint network. I love the merging of data of all the forms functionality. Also did you "publish" the form instead of simply saving the form? I found this to be a key point also. Jack > Our HR department likes to send out surveys for the employees to fill out > anonymously regarding different things, and the Operations department does [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Thanks! > - Dallas Symphony Right, I know about each client needing the app installed and can do that easily through SMS 2003. I have tried publishing it to the web server, but it does not work. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Thanks! > > - Dallas Symphony Hi again, I relooked at my publishing our form and these ideas are just some possible ideas.. Did you get an error message when you published your form? If not you may have published it, but just don't realize it. In order to see the form, you must click the Fill out this form button in the form library you created when you published the form. One way I checked to make sure my form was published was after publishing it to a SharePoint site, I closed it and selected "File>Open from a ShaprePoint Site". The dialog box will display all installed forms (libraries) on the site. At least you know if it is recognized by the system. Sorry I couldn't offer more. Jack > Right, I know about each client needing the app installed and can do that > easily through SMS 2003. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > Thanks! > > > - Dallas Symphony I'm getting an error saying that a network problem prevented the page from being uploaded. I opened up all of the permissions to see if that would fix it, but it did not. Do we need to implement SharePoint for this to work? If so, that sucks, the last thing I want is another MS Server implementation. Thanks > Hi again, > I relooked at my publishing our form and these ideas are just some possible [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Dallas Symphony I have published successfully a form to a network share with no problem. (I used the File>Publish>To a shared folder on this computer or network). It doesn't ask for a special forms folder to be created like with SharePoint. The only problem I have with publishing it to a network share is if the form was originally published to a SharePoint Forms Library and I try to republish that same form to a network share, it keeps trying to access the SharePoint library. • Creating a folder on the network share to store all submissions of the form. • Create a form in InfoPath and publish it to that same network folder. • Open the form from the network share and choose fill out this form from InfoPath. I think that should work. Kack > I'm getting an error saying that a network problem prevented the page from > being uploaded. [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > - Dallas Symphony Ok, so does InfoPath not support a save option where it would basically convert it to an ASP or HTML page that would let you post to another page, because that is what I am driving at. > I have published successfully a form to a network share with no problem. (I > used the File>Publish>To a shared folder on this computer or network). It [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > - Dallas Symphony You can save the forms as an .xml form but it looses its functionalty. I offer an alternative that we are using for certain types of forms. The new Acrobat 7 Professional is packaged with a new standalone form generator which allows forms to be generated incorporating digital signatures, indexing, all the normal form controls, and saved as a PDF file. The main advantage here is that to complete the form as well as many other actions, the only app required is the free Reader 7. Try the Trial version and see if it works for you. Jack > Ok, so does InfoPath not support a save option where it would basically > convert it to an ASP or HTML page that would let you post to another page, [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > - Dallas Symphony |
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