Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Change default error and successful message in infopath 2013

In infopath 2013/2010 if any error comes while submission then the default messages comes as "The form cannot be submitted because of an error.". And if the form submitted successfully then the default messages comes as "The form was submitted successfully.". But these messages we can change and we can show different error message to users. Also check
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To change the message, first open Infopath 2013/2010, then from the Ribbon Select Submit Options from the DATA tab. This will open the Submit Options dialog box. In the dialogbox:

- First select the checkbox, "Show this message if the form submission fails" and write what ever message you want in the textbox.

- Then select the checkbox, "Show this message if the form is submitted successfully:" and write what ever message you want in the textbox.

Now click on Ok. Check the figure below:
After this the modified message will be shown to the user.


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