Enabling anonymous users to open and submit data via InfoPath Forms published to SharePoint 2007

Hi,



I have been really struggling for a couple of weeks attempting to get



SharePoint 2007 to allow anonymous access to an InfoPath Form.  I



published a form to a Form and Document library and authenticated users



have no trouble opening and submitting data from this form.  All my



form currently does is send an email of the data they entered in the



form when users hit the submit button.  I enabled anonymous access, but



the only problem is that I am not able to allow anonymous users to add



or edit InfoPath forms in a Form library or Document Library.  I tried



to just copy and paste the link to the open form in internet explorer,



and it opens fine for anonymous users for them to see, but when they



hit the submit button they receive the following error:






There has been a critical error while processing the form.



Click Start Over to load a new copy of the form. If this error



persists, contact the support team for the Web site.Click Close to exit



this message. "



I looked at the event logs and found the following error:






IP: 123, Request: http://sitename/_layouts/Postback.FormServer.aspx,



Form ID:



urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:infopath:RequestForm-pub:-myXSD, Type:



NullReferenceException, Exception Message: Object reference not set to



an instance of an object.)"



I have looked high and dry for any information on how to give add/edit



rights to anonymous users in Document and Form libraries.  Does anyone



out there know if there is a way around this or if there is any other



way to use the Forms Server to allow anonymous users to open published



InfoPath forms and submit data.  There has got to be a way to



accomplish this.  What would be the point of having Forms Services if



you cant allow anonymous users to access the form!



Thanks in advance for any help!

DJ,Were you able to figure out a solution for this problem.

DJ,

Were you able to figure out a solution for this problem. Are you
submitting the form through Email (using a data connection) or do you
use managed code?

I am stuck with the same problem here.

-Girish Raja.

Hi,Did anyone figure out a solution to this problem?

Hi,
Did anyone figure out a solution to this problem? I am trying to submit a
form from an anonymous user. The form is using the InfoPath Email data
connection and submits just fine for an authenticated user. I have set up
anonymous access in Central Admin and for the Entire Web Site in the site
collection settings.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks,
-Jas

This is a known issue with the B2TR and previous Beta builds of InfoPath Forms

This is a known issue with the B2TR and previous Beta builds of InfoPath
Forms Server/Services.  The issue has been fixed in later builds.

Thanks,
Forrest (InfoPath Developer in Test)

Submitting Forms anonymously

Hello,



After seeing this post, I was able to come up with a solution that you may view the link below:



http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ervingayle/archive/2006/10/13/13831.aspx



Let me know if this works out for you.

Me Too!

Hi,

i have also been looking for a solution to this!
i would appreciate if you can update me if you have already found one.

Thanks.
Maggie

Sorry but as a new message and without quoting an earlier message, nobody

Sorry but as a new message and without quoting an earlier message, nobody
knows what it is you are also looking for a solution to.

Mike Walsh
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