Using Existing XML Data Documents with a New Template

When you alter the structure of the data source for a form, InfoPath automatically updates data documents you open with the modified template. If you change the template’s name, location, or both, you must manually edit existing data documents’ PIs to point to the renamed or relocated template.

The RssTest1.xml data document you created in the section “Performing a Quick Check of the Template’s Data Document,” earlier in this chapter, is a good candidate for verifying that the final Rss2v2Copied.xsn schema works with earlier data documents. RssTest1.xml’s PIs point to the Rss2v1.xsn template in your My Documents\InfoPath\Rss2v1 folder.

To make a copy of RssTest1.xml that opens in Rss2v2Copied.xsn, ...

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