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Dinos - 22 May 2006 01:09 GMT

I recently upgraded from Visual Studio 2003 to Visual Studio 2005 and i'm
having trouble running my InfoPath forms. My solution compiles with no errors
or warnings but when i open my form i get the following error

InfoPath cannot open the selected form because of an error in the form's code.
The format of the file 'EngineeringChange.dll' is invalid.

I have seen 2-3 posts out there but i cant seem to find a solution to this
problem.

Any help will be very appreciated.

Thank

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Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP] - 22 May 2006 20:24 GMT

Did you create an "InfoPath.exe.config" file? If so, rename it to "InfoPath.exe.!config" and try again.

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Dinos - 24 May 2006 01:08 GMT

Greg,
There was an "InfoPath.exe.config" file at the same location as the
InfoPath.exe file. Once i renamed it everything worked just fine. I did not
create the config file so i'm guessing VS 2003 or VS 2005 created it.

Thanks for your help.

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> Did you create an "InfoPath.exe.config" file? If so, rename it to "InfoPath.exe.!config" and try again.

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Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP] - 24 May 2006 18:59 GMT

Glad to help. Just note that if you ever have to go back to VS2003 for your work, you might need to rename the file back to InfoPath.exe.config.

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