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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / November 2006Form Templates and Emailed Attachments
I've built a small form and want it to submit to both a database and as an email -- but the .xml forms it generates can't be opened by the person receiving the form. I understand that this sometime can be worked around by saving the attachement locally and then opening it, but 1) when we try that we get some complicated error about missing templates 2) the users who will be receiving this attachment are not tech savvy. While the form lives in a shared folder, InfoPath seems to think that the template for the form is on my personal computer. How do I redirect InfoPath? Thanks, Kevin Bogart Did you publish the form's template to the shared folder, or just copy the template from your computer to the shared folder? In the second case, the template still thinks that it should be on your computer, and so InfoPath will give you an error. Make sure that everyone who is going to be opening the form (either to fill it out or to view the contents) has access to the form's template. > I've built a small form and want it to submit to both a database and as an > email -- but the .xml forms it generates can't be opened by the person [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Kevin Bogart I published the form to the shared folder, but I never came across anything about having to publish the template as well. Furthermore -- if the form being emailed as an attachment is just an XML document, shouldnt the recipient be able to open it without having access to the template. Can't I force the form to be sent without needing a template? -Kevin > Did you publish the form's template to the shared folder, or just copy the > template from your computer to the shared folder? In the second case, the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Kevin Bogart When you publish a form, the .xsn (form template) is what gets published. The recipient should be able to open the .xml with any text editor, but the .xml identifies itself as an infopath file, so double clicking on it will attempt to open it with infopath, throwing an error if the template is not where it should be. > I published the form to the shared folder, but I never came across anything > about having to publish the template as well. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > > > > Kevin Bogart The people who are receving the attached form need to be able to read the form without having access to the location on the server where the form template lies -- any ideas? > When you publish a form, the .xsn (form template) is what gets published. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > > > > > Kevin Bogart Right now, users who have access to open the form template on the server, fill it out, submit it to the db and send an email with the form's data as an attachment. The attachments cannot be opened even by the user who complated the form, who obviously has access to the server location. Help! Kevin > The people who are receving the attached form need to be able to read the > form without having access to the location on the server where the form [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Bogart I'm still having this problem -- can anyone help at all? I cannot give the recipients of the .xml attachment access to where the infopath form lives on the server -- they need to be able to open this attachment without having that functionality. The recipients of the email do NOT need to see this data as an InfoPath form --it could be plain text in an email if need be. Thanks! Kevin > Right now, users who have access to open the form template on the server, > fill it out, submit it to the db and send an email with the form's data as an [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Bogart |
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