Locking out Submit Button

[Art]

We are using InfoPath 2003 and just starting to design and use forms. Once a
form has completed its routing, we are actually committing it for storage in
an Imaging System.

When we recall the image, it opens using Infopath but the problem lies in
that the submit button is still live. Even though the image cannot be
altered, someone viewing the completed form can alter fields and click submit
again. Not an issue for address changes but could be a problem for payroll
changes, I am sure the same issue would occur if we stored in a Sharepoint
library.

Is there any way to lock the form and the submit button after the form is
completed?

Thanks

 

[Art]

Doing more research I see that digital signatures may be an option but
because of our operating environment, we would prefer not to use that option.

 

[Ben Walters]

Hey Art,
One option is to disable the submit button in the tool bar, in the submit
options dialog
You can then add your own custom button that hooks up to the submit
functionality.

From here you can apply conditional formatting to your submit button that
checks the state of the form and disables the button

if you need more detail let me know

Cheers
Ben

 

[Art]

Thanks

Not sure what you mean by state of the form.

Can you add some more detail?

Art

 

[Ben Walters]

Hey rt,
What I mean by checking the state of the form is to add a boolean field to
the form like IsSubmitted when the form is submitted you can update this
field to true. You can then use this field in your conditional formatting to
disable the submit button.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Ben