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By default, when a user clicks on Submit/Cancel button, the InfoPath list form redirects to the AllItems.aspx page of the list. Instead of redirecting the user to the default view of list, to redirect it to the desired page, append the URL of the InfoPath form with &Source=redirect-url http://xyzportal/..../xyzform.xsn&DefaultItemOpen=1 &Source=redirect-url Also, make sure that in the button properties, in the "Browser Forms" tab, "Always" option is selected.

In Infopath forms, we can set the height of a multi-line column to be fixed or dynamic. In case if the height is fixed(which is the deafult option), if there are more number of lines than that can be accomodated, a scroll would appear on the text box. This reduces the readability of the content for the user. To rectify the issue,the height can be set as auto(i.e., height would vary depending on the content) or a constant fixed value as per the requirement. Follow the below given steps to do the same. • Open the edit form in InfoPath designer. • Select the multiline column and then Right click on Text Box Properties. • In the properties window that opens, click on the Tab Size. • To set the height as auto, click on the align button available at the end • To make the height to be fixed, make the changes in the Size section for the height property . • Click OK to save the changes and then save and publish the form for the changes to be visible to the user.

While trying to open the InfoPath form created for lists in SharePoint 2010, an error was encountered as given - " The form cannot be rendered. This may be due to a misconfiguration of the Microsoft Sharepoint ServerState service. For more information contact your server administrator" This error can occur if the state service is not activated while creating the web application. To resolve the error, follow the below steps. • Open central admin -- Application management --Manage web applications. In the page that opens select the web application and click on Service connections in the SPRibbon. • The above step will open the Configure Service Application Associations dialog box. Select the State Service and click OK. • Then the configuration wizard must be run to activate the services

How to hide the ribbon in Infopath 2010 Go to list – Customize List tab- Click on Modify Form Webparts – Click on the content type form – Edit Form A new page with the Infopath form webpart would come up   Click on Edit webpart Uncheck Infopath Ribbon or toolbar. Click Apply & OK. Click on Stop Editing of Page. Now when the Edit form is displayed on browser, it would not have the ribbon. How to add custom close button Open the form in Infopath 2010 Add a button - Select the button and click Manage Rules In the rules pane – click on New – Action – Add – Close the form No conditions to be added. Rename the button to Close/Cancel Publish the form

List forms can be customized using Infopath 2010. If the fields are kept mandatory, the red asterik sign appears on text fields. It would appear till the field is filled . Also alt text would come as 'Cannot be blank', which can be annoying at time. The alternative option would be to disable the Submit button till all the mandatory fields are filled. Click on Submit button, click on Manage Rules and Formatting Select the fields that are required and check on Disbale the control. For e,g, if in the form, say the fields, Name, Designation, Company Name are required, create the rule to evaluate-  Name is blank or Desingnation is blank or Company Name is blank. When the condition is true, Submit button is disabled. When all three are filled, the condition is false and therefore Submit buton is enabled.