Symptoms:
“InfoPath cannot connect to the server. The server may be offline, your computer might not be connected to the network, or InfoPath Forms Services 2010 might not be enabled on the server. To fix this problem, start by checking your network connection, and then trying again.”
Following feature is also enabled in the site collection
SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features
Features such as InfoPath Forms Services, Visio Services, Access Services, and Excel Services Application, included in the SharePoint Server Enterprise License.
“InfoPath cannot connect to the server. The server may be offline, your computer might not be connected to the network, or InfoPath Forms Services 2010 might not be enabled on the server. To fix this problem, start by checking your network connection, and then trying again.”
Following feature is also enabled in the site collection
SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features
Features such as InfoPath Forms Services, Visio Services, Access Services, and Excel Services Application, included in the SharePoint Server Enterprise License.
Solution:
This issue may
be caused by InfoPathFormsServices. To fix this, reactivate the
"IPFSSiteFeatures" feature (hidden feature) at site collection level.
You can run
below PoweShell Command to Disable and re-enable the "IPFSSiteFeatures" for the
site collection having issue.
C:\>
Disable-SPFeature "IPFSSiteFeatures" -url "http://Server/Sites/SiteCollection"
PS C:\> Enable-SPFeature "IPFSSiteFeatures" -url "http://Server/Sites/SiteCollection"
PS C:\> Enable-SPFeature "IPFSSiteFeatures" -url "http://Server/Sites/SiteCollection"
Another
Solution:
You can run the
following stsadm command at site collection level to deactivated and reactivated
InfoPath Forms Services on your SharePoint site:
C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>STSADM.EXE
-o deactivatefeature -filename IPFSSiteFeatures\feature.xml -url http://servername/site/sitename -force
C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>STSADM.EXE
-o deactivatefeature -filename IPFSWebFeatures\feature.xml -url http://servername/site/sitename -force
To reactivate
IPFS:
C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>STSADM.EXE
-o activatefeature -filename IPFSSiteFeatures\feature.xml –url http://servername/site/sitename -force
C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN>STSADM.EXE
-o activatefeature -filename IPFSWebFeatures\feature.xml -url h http://servername/site/sitename -force
Thanks kastuv... It worked !!!
ReplyDeleteHow are you ?
This worked great. Thanks! I wonder though what causes this to start. I see it coming back in time and I perform the process again and it is fixed. Would like to make it stop more permanently.
ReplyDeleteNice solution! Issue is fixed :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! This resolved my issue.
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