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New field showing as display only
"mailother2[ at ]gmail.com" <mailother2[ at ]gmail.com> 14.07.2006 20:48:43
I have an InfoPath form that I submit to a SharePoint site. Currently
there are hundreds of forms that have been submitted. I recently added
a new field to the form. When I create a new form doc, the field works
fine. However, when I open a previously created form, the field
appears as display only. Why? I can't fill in this field on any of
the forms that were created prior to the new field being added.

Chip

RE: New field showing as display only
Kalyan Reddy 15.07.2006 08:27:01
Hello,

I answered this at the link below,
http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2849

Hope it helps you.
--
Kalyan Reddy
Visit http://www.autonomysystems.com




"mailother2[ at ]gmail.com" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> I have an InfoPath form that I submit to a SharePoint site. Currently
> there are hundreds of forms that have been submitted. I recently added
> a new field to the form. When I create a new form doc, the field works
> fine. However, when I open a previously created form, the field
> appears as display only. Why? I can't fill in this field on any of
> the forms that were created prior to the new field being added.
>
> Chip
>
>
Re: New field showing as display only
"mailother2[ at ]gmail.com" <mailother2[ at ]gmail.com> 18.07.2006 19:59:24
I tried resubmitted the form and the field still does not work. I also
tried a relink but all the forms are already linked correctly.

I created two more fields and added them to the form, and I am having
the same problem. Both fields are only editable with new forms. In the
old, previously created form documents in SharePoint, the fields show
as read only.

A few other notes: my form is linked to an Access database. The new
fields I am adding are not tied to the database (I don't want the
values stored in the database).

chip

Kalyan Reddy wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> Hello,
>
> I answered this at the link below,
> http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2849
>
> Hope it helps you.
> --
> Kalyan Reddy
> Visit http://www.autonomysystems.com
>
>
>
>
> "mailother2[ at ]gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > I have an InfoPath form that I submit to a SharePoint site. Currently
> > there are hundreds of forms that have been submitted. I recently added
> > a new field to the form. When I create a new form doc, the field works
> > fine. However, when I open a previously created form, the field
> > appears as display only. Why? I can't fill in this field on any of
> > the forms that were created prior to the new field being added.
> >
> > Chip
> >
> >

Re: New field showing as display only
"mailother2[ at ]gmail.com" <mailother2[ at ]gmail.com> 03.08.2006 13:39:16
Some additional clarification...

1. I created a form that is tied to an Access database.
2. I set up the form to submit to the Access database and a SharePoint
library.
3. I published the form to a SharePoint library.
4. I created several new form documents using the "fill out this form"
button on SharePoint. The forms were submitted to the database and the
SharePoint library.
5. I opened the form template and added a new non-database field to
the form.
6. I added a new field to the Access database, refreshed the data
source in the form template, and added the new database field to the
form.
7. I saved my changes (and I've republished a couple of times just to
see what happens)
8. I return to the SharePoint library from #4. I currently have three
form docs that I created from step #4.
9. I open one of the existing form documents.
10. I can see the two new fields from #5 and #6 (non-database and
database), however, the fields are not editable.
11. I can edit and submit any of the fields that existing in the
original form I created.
12. I close the form doc.
13. I click "fill out this form" in the SharePoint library to create a
new form doc.
14. I can edit ALL of the fields (including the new fields) in the new
form doc.

#10 is my issue. Why can't I edit the new fields in the existing
forms?

Does this make sense? It would probably be easier to understand with
screen shots.

Chip

mailother2[ at ]gmail.com wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> I tried resubmitted the form and the field still does not work. I also
> tried a relink but all the forms are already linked correctly.
>
> I created two more fields and added them to the form, and I am having
> the same problem. Both fields are only editable with new forms. In the
> old, previously created form documents in SharePoint, the fields show
> as read only.
>
> A few other notes: my form is linked to an Access database. The new
> fields I am adding are not tied to the database (I don't want the
> values stored in the database).
>
> chip
>
> Kalyan Reddy wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I answered this at the link below,
> > http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2849
> >
> > Hope it helps you.
> > --
> > Kalyan Reddy
> > Visit http://www.autonomysystems.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "mailother2[ at ]gmail.com" wrote:
> >
> > > I have an InfoPath form that I submit to a SharePoint site. Currently
> > > there are hundreds of forms that have been submitted. I recently added
> > > a new field to the form. When I create a new form doc, the field works
> > > fine. However, when I open a previously created form, the field
> > > appears as display only. Why? I can't fill in this field on any of
> > > the forms that were created prior to the new field being added.
> > >
> > > Chip
> > >
> > >

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