SharePoint list InfoPath form not showing updated column information

Question

I am working with a SharePoint site where I am using custom site columns to update multiple lists. When I update the column information in Site Columns the modifications push to the lists and they update as expected, however, their InfoPath
forms do not and they still reflect old column information in the available Fields. Typically the form notifies upon opening that the list has been updated, and then updates the available form fields to match. Versioning is set to automatically update the
template and to automatically upgrade existing forms. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the form would not pull the updated list columns? Thanks for any guidance!

Answer 1

Hi,
List\library column in InfoPath is stored differently from site column. InfoPath stores the list of Fields that are published to SharePoint document libraries in a local manifest along with the columns which these fields are associated to. This is
accomplished by referencing the column ID in SharePoint (a unique GUID value) with the InfoPath Field. While the site column ID will not change.
You could refer the link below for the scenario related to this difference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2554288/en-us
Regards,
Rebecca Tu
TechNet Community Support