Forcing InfoPath forms to load in web browser view - SharePoint
Scenario and solution: You have a page that containd web part views into your forms library (that contains forms that can be filled out in a browser). The problem here is that if you or your client has InfoPath installed on their computer, everytime they click the link the form will try and open in their InfoPath client; prompting them for authentication. If the client goes to the forms library itself and clicks on a InfoPath form the form opens in the browser no problem, why? The answer is in the url, try this: Go to the forms libray and click on a form, check the URL; it should look something like this: "http://site.example.com/subsite/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XmlLocation=/subsite/formLibrary/formName.xml&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fsite%2Eexample%2Ecom%2Fsubsite%2FformLibrary%2FForms%2FMyView%2Easpx&DefaultItemOpen=1 No go the web part and click the same form, check the URL (in the browser status bar): http://site.example.com/subsite/formLibrary/formName.xml Note that the ...