open a infopath form directly
Hi JamesAtk, I understand that when click a link to a specific xsn file ,the Save and Open dialogue appears. This is because the links clicked inside a form library or document library behave differently than the link to same target clicked on any other page. An Office compatible client like Word 2007,Excel 2007, InfoPath 2007 is smart enough to detect that the link is opened from Document library and when it detects such a link click, it automatically opens the document directly from the document library without showing the open/save dialog box in the browser. If you try to modify the document, the document will be saved directly to the document library. This behavior of document library is identical to that of normal Windows folder. The solution to this problem is to have a link to URL (when the form is rendered in browser) rather than having link to xsn file itself. For more information, please refer to this site: Opening Infopath forms in Browser directly from a link: http://madhurahuja.blogspot.com/2006/12/opening-infopath-forms-in-browser.html Thanks, Entan Ming TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contacttnmff@microsoft.com.Entan Ming TechNet Community Support
August 27th, 2012 9:54pm

How can I avoid the prompt in a link to a specific infopath (where the user has Open/Cancel/Save the xsn.) I just want them to open it directly It's Standard SP - no forms server
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August 29th, 2012 10:23am

Hi JamesAtk, I understand that when click a link to a specific xsn file ,the Save and Open dialogue appears. This is because the links clicked inside a form library or document library behave differently than the link to same target clicked on any other page. An Office compatible client like Word 2007,Excel 2007, InfoPath 2007 is smart enough to detect that the link is opened from Document library and when it detects such a link click, it automatically opens the document directly from the document library without showing the open/save dialog box in the browser. If you try to modify the document, the document will be saved directly to the document library. This behavior of document library is identical to that of normal Windows folder. The solution to this problem is to have a link to URL (when the form is rendered in browser) rather than having link to xsn file itself. For more information, please refer to this site: Opening Infopath forms in Browser directly from a link: http://madhurahuja.blogspot.com/2006/12/opening-infopath-forms-in-browser.html Thanks, Entan Ming TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contacttnmff@microsoft.com.Entan Ming TechNet Community Support
August 30th, 2012 12:41am

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