Submit With Outlook Web Access

[Fishman4]

I have several forms that submit to both email recipient and to a Sharepoint
Forms Library, but it will only work with Outlook. Is there a way to get it
to function with OWA?

 

[Clay Fox]

Email in InfoPath is all client side and will only work with the
corresponding version of Outlook.

If you use browser or forms or other server side email then you can work in
a remote scenario with only OWA.

 

[Fishman4]

I'm sorry, but I am not sure that I understand. Our users carry tablet
computers and connect to the internet via a broadband dialup card. They do
not have access to the network via VPN or anything so they must use OWA.
What I am trying to accomplish is to have the InfoPath form create an email
when it is submitted. I have only been able to accomplish this when I am
connected to the network and have Outlook running.

We are using Office Pro 2003
WSS 2003

 

[Clay Fox]

So they are accessing a local InfoPath form?

InfoPath 2003 is only built to work with a local Outlook 2003 client I am
afraid.

If they have Office 2003, you could have them to use the local copy of
Outlook rather than OWA.

Or, like I said, the form could submit the data over the WLAN and then the
server could generate the email.

 

[Fishman4]

I'm not sure what you mean by local. I am a rookie here so bear with me....

I created the forms and submitted them to a forms library on our extranet
(WSS). They log into the extranet, access the form with the 'fill out this
form' button and then submit it. Another department needs the information
that is submitted so I would like to have the document sent to them via email.

We really don't have a WLAN, the guys just have a wireless dial-up internet
connection that they use to access the extranet and OWA.

 

[Clay Fox]

OK.
You are using an extranet. WLAN was my reference to the wireless cards in
the tablets. local means that when they open the InfoPath form on their
tablets it wants a local copy of Outlook to work with for the email.

I think there would be a couple options then in this workflow.

With your current components you would need to use server side email
notifications.

If you would like to see a demo of this you can email me here.
http://www.infopathdev.com/members/clayfox.aspx

 

[Gavin McKay]

Hello,

A simple option might be to just have your users save their filled-out form
to their tablet/laptop, then use OWA to attach the xml file and send it in.
This could be a "low-tech" solution!

You can submit programatically to OWA, but it isn't straight-forward and
involves HTTP POST and lots of other fun stuff to get it working.

Another idea would be to use standard SMTP to submit. you said they are
connected via Extranet so in theory the form XML could be submitted
programatically to your Exchange server directly via SMTP.

HTH

Gavin.