Submitting an InfoPath Form

Submitting an InfoPath form is relevant only in form-filling mode. InfoPath 2003 provides three ways that you can provide submission functionality for form users:

  • Submit via the File menu

  • Submit via an InfoPath action

  • Submit via a script

The target to which you submit a form can include a relational database such as SQL Server or Microsoft Access, or an XML Web service.

Submitting Via the File Menu

By default, the user can submit a form by clicking on the File menu and selecting Submit. However, the form designer can enable or disable this means of submitting a form.

To control whether the end user can submit a form, you must open the Submitting Forms window in design mode. To do so, follow these steps:

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