Microsoft KB Archive/926263

= The template link changes back to the original URL after you relink an InfoPath 2007 form =

Article ID: 926263

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Forms Server 2007
 * Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007

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SYMPTOMS
You have published a Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 form template on a subsite. If you change the URL of the subsite and then relink the form, the template link changes back to the original URL.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
 * 1) From the All Documents view, click Form Library Settings or Document Library Settings in the Settings list.
 * 2) In the General Settings section, click Advanced Settings.
 * 3) In the Content Type section, select Yes to Allow management of content types?
 * 4) Click OK.
 * 5) In the Content Types section, click the form content type or the other content type that you want to fix.
 * 6) In the Settings section, click Advanced Settings.
 * 7) On the List Content Type Advanced Settings page, update the document template URL to the correct URL.
 * 8) Click OK.

Method 2

Install the Server Upgrade and Migration tool for Microsoft Office InfoPath.

To download the 32-bit version of this tool, click the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B8683A1C-CF4B-4D81-9234-38542F8D5039

To download the 64-bit version of this tool, click the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8684EBE4-4363-455C-B48C-00C12985FC52



Steps to reproduce this problem

 * 1) Design a blank form template in InfoPath 2007.
 * 2) Publish the form template as a document library to a server that is running InfoPath Forms Services. Assume the form template is published to http:// /.

Note  is the placeholder for the server that is running InfoPath Forms Services. is the placeholder for the subsite name.
 * 1) Locate the library, complete a form, and then save the form back to the library as Form1.
 * 2) Return to the library, and then select Site Settings in the Site Actions list.
 * 3) In the Look and Feel column, click Title, description, and icon.
 * 4) In the Web Site Address section, change the URL name from http:// /  to http:// /.
 * 5) Return to the library, and then click Relink Documents in the View list.
 * 6) Open Form1 in InfoPath.
 * 7) Return to the library, and then refresh the page. In the Template Link column, the URL changes from http:// / / /Forms/template.xsn to http:// / / /Forms/template.xsn.

Note  is the placeholder for the library where you publish the form template.
 * 1) Close Form1 in InfoPath.
 * 2) In the Relink column, click to select the check box to relink Form1.
 * 3) Click Relink Selected Documents. In the Template Link column, the URL now changes back to http:// / / /Forms/template.xsn.

Additional query words: IP2007 InfoPath2007 IFS2007

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