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Kevin Bogart - 08 May 2006 20:09 GMT

I've built a basic Access database and an Infopath form to populate the
database easily. However, I'd like to make some changes, and add some
fields... but if I add them to the Access database, I do not see the new
fields when I go to data sources in InfoPath! Can I refresh the list of data
fields from my database? If not, it seems as if I have to recreate my form
completely from scratch so that I have all the fields open to me.

Am I missing something? I understand that InfoPath is designed to run from
Access/SQL database, but it seems really counterintuitive and hard that I
cannot add new fields to a form I have already created.

Thanks!

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S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton - 08 May 2006 20:26 GMT

Here's what you can do:

- Go to Tools > Data Connections...
- Select the main connection for your form
- Click on the "Modify..." button
- Select the checkbox for the newly added field so that it gets included in
the data source for your form

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S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

> I've built a basic Access database and an Infopath form to populate the
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Kevin Bogart - 08 May 2006 20:32 GMT

After I choose modify, I don't get a list of checkboxes -- I get a wizard
trying to tell me to rebuilt my connection files, and when I choose my
database fiel it tells me it can't execute some query... huh?

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Kevin Bogart - 08 May 2006 20:36 GMT

Nevermind -- I had hte access database open, and when I quit it it worked fine.

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