Cannot open Form based Authenticated InfoPath Forms/Calendar in Client

May 12th, 2008 | Tags: ,
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Where we are?

  1. Created a forms (SQL) authenticated SharePoint site.
  2. Provided multiple authentication providers so that you can connect from SharePoint designer/Infopath.
  3. Successfully published the InfoPath form as a browser enabled one.

Now what?

  1. Wow!…able to fill the form from the browser itself. Now you try to print…oops…suddenly you realize when you print, the header and footer from IE comes in the page. This is the last thing you want when you are printing documents like Invoices, Purchase orders etc..
  2. What to do? Yeah…I can open the form in InfoPath itself (provided it is installed in your laptop), and do the proper printing.
  3. You happily open the form in InfoPath…Yes -> then no need to read further :) . You know better!
  4. It is giving an error -> Cannot open? Then I will tell you what to do. Open your site in IE. Make it a trusted site (from Tools->Internet Options -> Trusted Sites -> Sites -> Add). If you have logged into your site, logoff and login again. Here, make sure you have the option ‘Login automatically’ ticked.
  5. This should work! (hopefully!!!)

The same thing applied to Shared Calendars and Outlook.

  1. Dawson
    December 17th, 2008 at 07:46
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    Keep Up The Good WorkRead Your Comment, Loved It

  2. Sandeep
    June 12th, 2009 at 23:55
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    Do you have MOSS Sp2 installed..i heard it has better client integration feattures.

  3. jai
    June 27th, 2009 at 22:32
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    I have installed SP2 on a development machine. Haven’t seen much as of yet, though. Thanks for the comments.