InfoPath

InfoPath 2007 – Populating from data/dropdown info from SharePoint lists using XML form data

This article applies to InfoPath 2007 only as 2010 and 2013 no longer have this limitation. At some point during your career, you will need to connect to a SharePoint list to retrieve information for a drop down list.  This process has changed since 2007 but I thought that I would go ahead and share… Continue reading InfoPath 2007 – Populating from data/dropdown info from SharePoint lists using XML form data

SharePoint

Improperly setup AD account can cause issues

If you are using the people picker column in a list, watch out.  You could be faced with an odd little issue. Recently, I created a list to control the views in an InfoPath form.  This list uses a people picker column that pulls the “UserName”.  What I noticed was that three of the users… Continue reading Improperly setup AD account can cause issues

SharePoint · SharePoint Designer

SharePoint 2007 – Enable left navigation for Web Part pages

If you have published an InfoPath form to a SharePoint site, chances are that you have created a webpart page and have published it there. We part pages are great but you lose the left navigation and it can become confusing to some users. There is however a simple fix that will enable the left… Continue reading SharePoint 2007 – Enable left navigation for Web Part pages