Publishing an InfoPath form to SharePoint 2010 is
not that difficult, what is difficult is getting it published when it has code
behind for the use in the Web Browser.
I recently battled with this, and I must say it’s
better than it used to be, making InfoPath VERY powerful, particularly if you
can use code behind, and even call your own .net dll’s from the form.
For most they have got somewhere, but have not got
it fully working.. if you are one of these people read on.
Do you want to activate it in the site collection,
but can't upload it?
First you need to do this:
1. Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.
2. Click General Application Settings.
3. On the General Application Settings page under InfoPath Forms Services, click Upload form template.
1. Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.
2. Click General Application Settings.
3. On the General Application Settings page under InfoPath Forms Services, click Upload form template.
You GET: ERROR:
This form template has not been published. Open the form in the InfoPath
Designer and publish the form to SharePoint using the Administrator-approved
form template method in the Publishing Wizard.
Do the
following:
Important:
Ensure that the security and trust is set to full trust, with a certificate.
1. Publish the form to SharePoint from InfoPath.
2. Note down where you published it: http://msite/template.xsn
3. Go to your web browser and go to this URL,
download the PUBLISHED template.xsn
4. SAVE IT locally.
OR
4a. Better way: Publish it to a network location
say c:\MyFormTemplates, you do not need it in SharePoint YET.
5. Now upload the {template}.xsn, (Rename if you
like) to SharePoint admin.
You should get: The form template has been
successfully uploaded to the farm. To make the form template available in a
site collection, activate the form template from the Manage Form Templates page
or from the feature activation page in the site collection.
6. Now you can activate it in your site collection... etc...
6. Now you can activate it in your site collection... etc...
Go to your site where you want to use the form.
Site settings / site collection administration
Site collection features
Look for your Infopath Form Template, (it's sorted alphabetically)
Press Activate
Site settings / site collection administration
Site collection features
Look for your Infopath Form Template, (it's sorted alphabetically)
Press Activate
THE KEY to
enabling the form for the browser is in how you set up your form library...
Under Site/{FormLibraryName}/form library settings/
advanced settings.
SAY Allow management of content types = YES
Then hit ok.
Now go down to content types, and defined your
content type, say add from existing site content types, which you just
activated... You do remember the NAME of the form you uploaded in admin before??
Make sure that it is the default content type, and
everything will be good.
Grant permissions to your users, and have them
press new document, and up comes
your form in the browser...
You can then put your workflow on the form library,
or hook BizTalk up to the form Library, and you have full end to end Form and
Workflow.
