Issues that are fixed in InfoPath 2007 by the 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1

The 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest updates to InfoPath 2007. The 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1) contains security improvements, stability improvements, and performance improvements. Some fixes that are included with the 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1) were previously released in separate updates. The 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1) combines the previously released fixes into one update. For more information about the 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1), click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Downloadable list of issues that the service pack fixes

A Microsoft Office Excel workbook is available that contains a list of the InfoPath 2007 issues that are fixed by the 2007 Microsoft Office suites Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Note The workbook is in English. The workbook will not be translated into any other languages.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download the Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Changes_all.xls package now.

Release Date: December 11, 2007

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Issues that the service pack fixes

Issues that were not previously documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

Error message when you try to add conditional formatting to a rich text box so that the rich text box references itself: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

When you try to deploy a solution in which you add conditional formatting to a rich text box so that the rich text box references itself, you receive the following error message:

The auto-complete feature does not work on a Windows Vista-based computer

After you enable the auto-complete feature on a Windows Vista-based computer, the auto-complete feature does not work.


You receive a script error when you click an option or a list

An option or a list changes conditional visibility. When you click an option or a list, you receive a script error.


The apostrophe character is not handled correctly in server components when encoding is used

You complete an InfoPath 2007 form in a browser. Then, you click Save to save the form with a single apostrophe in the file name. When you make some changes to the form and then save the form again, the Save As dialog box appears. Additionally, the Save As dialog box indicates some invalid characters in the file name. The single apostrophe is replaced with the string "'."


The Information Rights Management (IRM) operations that are performed during Profiles of InfoPath solution loads are doubled because of hard disk access

Information Rights Management (IRM) operations that are performed during Profiles of InfoPath solution loads are doubled because of hard disk access to discover the IRM state of the InfoPath 2007 form template (.xsn) file. Profiles of InfoPath solution loads show that XDEDSolutionInfra::ExtractIRMInnerSolution unpacks the .xsn file.


XSN URL-only solution loads do not use solution cache

Profiles of InfoPath solution URL-only loads show that XDDocumentsManager::EnsureUpdatedCachedSolution does not load from the solution cache.


You may experience issues with the refinement of the InfoPath 2007 user interface

You may experience issues with the refinement of the InfoPath 2007 user interface. For example, when you leave the mouse pointer on a read-only field, the border changes. This change suggests that the field can be edited.


You may receive an error message when you try to add Contact Selector as a custom control

You apply the Serbian Cyrillic Language Interface Pack (LIP) to a computer. You switch the operating system settings from Serbian Latin to Cyrillic. When you try to add Contact Selector as a custom control, you may receive an error message.


When you save a file, that file is saved to the Internet Explorer 7 cache folder on a Windows Vista-based computer

When you click Save to save a file, the file is saved to the Windows Internet Explorer 7 cache folder on a Windows Vista-based computer.


Extended schema types force an InfoPath Forms Services server postback

If a Web service method uses extended types or derived types, a server postback occurs when you change the values from the base type. If all fields are the same type, no server postback occurs.


You may experience data loss when you install an ActiveX control for digital signatures in the Internet zone

When you install an ActiveX control for digital signatures in the Internet zone or when you add a signature because of a pop-up blocker, you may experience data loss.

Error signature details

When you use InfoPath 2007, you may receive an error message that resembles the following: When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that resembles one of the following error signatures. Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.