Field Changing

[Olympus]

I am new to InfoPath so I am sure this is probably is just a simple check box
mistake but.....

I created a form for a template in order for my design group to use as our
WAR (weekly activity report) and it looks great, cudo's to the DEV team,
however if I go to fill out the form and save it as something like WAR 091516
then I start the next week and add fields to my template to put in additional
information or remove uneeded fields the WAR 091506 file changes also. How
do I prevent this from happening? Thanks.

 

[Ben Walters]

Olympus,
When you update the template of an InfoPath form there is an option
Tools>Form Options> Advanced you can set to upgrade existing forms to the
new version of the template automatically. This option can be set to not do
anything however this will require to you publish a new verison of the form
each time updates are made e.g. don't overwrite the existing form template
or you will not be able to open your existing forms.

One question that does come to mind however is the reason behind the
frequency of updates to the template. Idealy your form template should not
need to be updated each week. In the case of a Weekly Activity Report you
should only update the .xml file with new details not the .xsn file

Hope this helps

Cheers
Ben Walters