I am having an issue with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 that I was hoping to get some assistance with. I am using the document template functionality of SharePoint to generate form documents, but it is quite working as I expect. I have a document library with a template associated with it. In that document template, I have created several custom columns and then edited the document to insert the "Document Properties" into the document in specific places. I then use a workflow attached to another list (which itself is connected to an external application) so that when a new item is created in that list, it creates a new item in the document library with the template and I now have this automatically generated documentation (with the appropriate data). The problem is that in moving this document to another document library or anywhere off network, instead of seeing the actual metadata, I just see the references to the columns that contain that data. Is there any way (via native options or a little code - if necessary) to sort of "lock" those values in place so they become a permanent part of the document? Thank you in advance.

Hi, Did you mean infopath forms for your documents? If yes, try this: 1. Copy your document template from original document library to the destination library and set it as a template. 2. Moving your document to the destination library. 3. Open your form with notepad to edit href property and set its value to new template url. 4. Then try again. Or you can create new content type to use the same template in original and destination library. Hope it is helpful! Seven

This doesn't resolve the issue of the references in the templates themselves. I ended up using a completely different method to generate the documents. Thank you for your help.

Hi, Could you please describe the general idea about your solution? The peolple who encounter this issue will get your helps.Seven

Certainly. What I ended up doing was creating some custom code that utilized the Word Object Model to grab a template (which I had populated with place holders where the data goes), take the data entered by the user, and then do a programmatic find and replace on the document (substituting the place holders for real data). Once that is complete it uploads the document to a specified SharePoint document library.