OpenDocuments.ViewDocument Method fails if document is an InfoPath Filler form (xsn)

Question

Hi,
I have a custom webpart with links to different documents.
When the link is clicked I run the following JavaScript to open the document in the users client application:
function ViewDoc(docpath) {
NewDocumentButton = new ActiveXObject("SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3");
if (!NewDocumentButton.ViewDocument(docpath)) {
alert('Opening document failed.\n' + docpath);
This is working for Word files and Excel files but not if the document is an xsn file.
Any ideas why it don't work with InfoPath forms and have a solution?
Environment is SharePoint Server Standard.

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you had an issue about opening the xsn file.
To open the InfoPath form, we should use the SharePoint.OpenXMLDocuments
method.
You can refer to the following code snippets, it worked well in my environment.
function openDoc(){
var NewDocumentButton = new ActiveXObject("SharePoint.OpenXMLDocuments");
var docpath="http://sp/LIbA/Form.xsn";
if (!NewDocumentButton.EditDocument2(window , docpath , "InfoPath.Document")) {
alert('Opening document failed.\n' + docpath);
Thanks,
Jason
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