Tag: InfoPath
33 posts.
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Decode InfoPath attachments with a bit of JS AzureFunctions
Serge, April and me were discussing a problem with pulling out InfoPath Attachment from InfoPath form XML and writing them into a SharePoint document...
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Microsoft Flow makes everything Awesome. Yes, including InfoPath #microblog
This is a write up of various ideas and thoughts that I've shared over Twitter separately, but needed to be linked together and the example steps needs to...
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InfoPath Javascript - fixing image control tooltip.
In a previous blog post I discussed using Picture Controls to host lots of images within InfoPath and manage the tooltip. InfoPath FormServer renders...
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Reading InfoPath template's default values in code
String xml = ""; FormTemplate template = this.Template; using (Stream s = template.OpenFileFromPackage("template.xml")) { ...
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InfoPath's future and what everyone's saying
Andrew Connell "the future is unclear at best, realistically pessimistic and a dead-end at worst" "I do not use InfoPath any more & I do not...
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InfoPath - binding Linked Picture Display Text for dynamic tooltips
InfoPath is an ideal tool for XML forms. Whenever you have forms, invariably, you have little helper icons to suggest text to your users regarding how...
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InfoPath - missing data connection files
Sometimes, your InfoPath doesn't show you all the data connection files available in your SharePoint data connections library: In this screenshot, it...
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Modifying CSS Styles based on InfoPath field without code
This is an article expanding on a comment I made previously on the Microsoft InfoPath forums. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointcustomi...
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InfoPath - reading template.xsd in code for type checking
InfoPath is the world's most advanced XML-based form system. Each InfoPath document is a fully structured XML file, and the template contains the XSD...
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Making InfoPath 2010 Preview/Debug work again
Quick blog. How I fixed InfoPath 2010 Debug/Preview error, after installing Office 2013. InfoPath cannot open the selected form because of an error in...
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InfoPath - Form stuck on Installing, Upgrading or Deleting
When you publish an InfoPath Form through Central Administration, a few things happen: Central Administration creates a WSP package for this form. Central...
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InfoPath form load rules and loading event order
A strange gotcha in InfoPath concerning which event runs first. Create an InfoPath form, with a field. Create a Form Load rule, that sets this field...
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InfoPath 2013 uses new Online Pictures instead of Clip Art
The InfoPath 2013 Preview doesn't really have many new features. But this one little one made me smile. In InfoPath 2013, the Clip Art ribbon...
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InfoPath - creating a custom FormServer page to embed your own JavaScript goodness
From time to time, people ask about how to embed JavaScript within InfoPath - there are all kinds of reasons why you'd want to do this, and in this...
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InfoPath 2010 - query using the REST interface
This is an exercise to play with the REST interface, which works extremely well with InfoPath 2010. Scenario We have a postcode list. Filled...
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InfoPath, custom WCF Service, Word and Open XML SDK (outline)
This upcoming series of articles promise to be far more exciting than the title. Scenario How do you use an InfoPath form document to populate a word...
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InfoPath - disabling backspace key in browser form
How to disable the backspace key using Javascript/jQuery for an InfoPath browser form in SharePoint 2010. The problem One really troubling problem...
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InfoPath - creating sequential filenames without an extra column
Avid InfoPath form creators will no doubt know the trick to create sequential numbers for use in filenames. The steps typically includes: Create a field...
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InfoPath how to copy a repeating section using rules
For years, we all thought this was impossible. You had to use code. I somehow woke up with an idea on how to do this, and set about testing and...
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InfoPath - LoadDocumentAndPlayEventLog NullReferenceException
Error: LoadDocumentAndPlayEventLog failed with unhandled exception System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an...
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InfoPath - check leap year using expression
This is a fun one. Use the undocumented msxsl:utc function, which checks / converts a date into a normalized representation. So, what will happen if...
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InfoPath - removing newline (CRLF) using rules
In InfoPath (and in Windows in general), a newline is two characters \r\n (carriage return, followed by a newline character). You can't easily use \r...
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InfoPath - Concat SharePoint list with the Eval function (aka Voodoo)
It really can't hurt to play with the crazy XPath capabilities within InfoPath. This is documented in many places, starting:...
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InfoPath - managing lots of tooltip in your browser form
This is an idea that I've been brooding for a long time. Finally got a prototype implemented. We have a complicated looking InfoPath...
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InfoPath - packaging site columns and content types
WARNING I do not recommend packaging and deploying content types . Site columns are fine, but it is best to leave InfoPath content type to SharePoint -...
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InfoPath - an example of using an XML file for special characters
This is an old trick relating to inserting special characters (such as carriage returns) and tricking InfoPath to stop removing them! ...
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InfoPath - abusing a secondary datasource as temporary variable
This is an InfoPath technique that I've recently started using, and is pretty awesome. Problem: InfoPath is great with rules and fields, but...
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InfoPath - how to do case-insensitive text compare
Because XML is case sensitive, in InfoPath you have the problem that field may not be equal to another field during text comparison due to their case. One...
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InfoPath – designing verification form
I’m quite a fan of having a validation summary block in InfoPath, similar to how one would have validation in ASP.NET. To start, we can create sections...
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10 InfoPath tips for SharePoint developers
Here are 10 nice tips designed for someone that's familiar with SharePoint, but may be new to InfoPath. Having brooded over the idea for a...
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InfoPath 2010 - embed HTML for rich and web forms
Do we like the SharePoint content editor web part? Yes! What if there's a way to add your own HTML in your InfoPath form, and have it appear for both...
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SharePoint – InfoPath /cache clearall
So continuing my InfoPath self education. I publish a new version of the InfoPath form to the Forms Library I then create a new form based on this template...
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SharePoint – InfoPath / Forms Library missing
Testing InfoPath, I try to do the simplest thing – publishing an InfoPath form to a SharePoint as a template, and allowing it to create a new library...