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InfoPath Would Not Submit a Form - Concatenate function yielded a title that was too long!

Had a user today who was experiencing issues submitting an InfoPath form.  The original set of error messages made me assume that SharePoint was not set as Local Intranet site (which it wasn't).  So I set SharePoint as the local intranet site,  updated the user's desktop icon shortcut (to use the https version of the site).  And thought, okay, problem solved.  Alas and alack, not so! The user entered a form went to submit it and got a different set of error messages. (Unfortunately I didn't think to screenshot the errors and send them to myself so I don't have the exact wording for any of the errors.)  The basic message the second time was InfoPath cannot submit the form.  I've seen variations of this error before, so I started looking at Compatibility View, and Add-ons.  Well, I found the user had IE10 which we recommend our users NOT install as there are known compatibility issues with IE10 and SharePoint 2007 as well as some of our other inte...
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Need to know which SharePoint 2013 web template to use?  Thanks, Jasjit Chopra, for the blog post: http://www.funwithsharepoint.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=2
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SharePoint Add-Ons in Internet Explorer Disabled; "Form is Closed" error message occurs

Had an interesting "problem" arise for an end user today.  This user has been able to open and update InfoPath forms in the past without a problem.  All of sudden today she was getting the message "The Form is Closed".  From past experience I know that this message is commonly seen when a user access SharePoint from  a web browser other than Internet Explorer and then tried to open a form that is NOT browser-enabled (one that requires the InfoPath Client). I checked the users browser version, settings (SharePoint is set as Local Intranet site).  Made sure that the browser history was cleared, checked the login name/password, made sure pop-up blockers weren't preventing the page from loading.  All of the steps I normally do.  Couldn't get it to work.  Called IT and they upgraded her from IE 8 to IE 9.  Same issue.   Finally, I thought, let me look and see if there's an add-on that's got a pop-up blocker.  To my surprise, what I...
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Make your SharePoint Libraries Favorites in Windows Explorer for Easier Saving

You're working furiously on a document with only a few minutes left until the doors close for the day (or your laptop battery dies, or some other emergency happens). You need to save the document to SharePoint, but you can't remember where the document library is in which you need to save the document.  If you make your frequently used Document Libraries Favorites in Windows Explorer.  That won’t be a problem again! Here's how to make it easier to save your documents to your SharePoint library: Create a Favorite in Windows Explorer.  Not in your browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc.). Let me show you what I mean: Figure 1: Windows Explorer Favorites So how did I get this screen? And how did I put the Shared Documents folder in my Favorites? This blog post will answer those questions. How to Get to the Favorites in Windows Explorer: I’m using Windows 7, so if you’re running XP, Vista, or Win8, your screen may lo...
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