People picker only works one time in the browser?

Question

SharePoint 2013, InfoPath 2010, IE 11

Hello all, I have a people picker on my form that works fine in the client preview but not in the browser.  I am using the picker to populate the Department Chief information (using a button and rules) then I choose a manager and use another button and rules to populate manager information.  When I try this in the browser, the people picker only works one time for one user then the address book (search window) will not open.

I am using a UserProfileService data connection to set the user info

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Hi,

Based on your description, the address book only can be opened in people picker in browser in SharePoint 2013 then it cannot be opened.

Check things below:

1. When you add a people picker in InfoPath, right click the control, choose Person/Group picker properties, and set the SharePoint Server for the picker control, then publish the form to SharePoint, it supports viewed in web browser.

2. Create a new InfoPath form with the People Picker control, then check whether it works.

There is a similar case:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/d6404684-eb5c-4635-bb76-939ab56d5a40/infopath-2013-people-picker-address-book-error?forum=sharepointcustomization 

Best regards.

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Answer 2

This is an IE 11 problem, the people picker works as expected in chrome, any ideas?

Answer 3

Hi,

As I understand, people picker cannot work in the IE11.

1. You can change the code as below in the master page in SharePoint 2013.

ORIGINAL : <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10" />

FIXED : <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE10" />

The difference between “IE=10″ and “IE=EmulateIE10″ is that IE=10 only changes the user agent to appear as IE 10, whereas IE=EmulateIE10 fully emulates the IE 10 browser including IE 10′s DOM/Javascript API (Compatibility View).

2. Add the site to the trust site in IE11.

3. Add the site to compatibility view setting in IE11.

The article below is about Internet Explorer 11 Compatibility Fixes for SharePoint 2013

http://sinclairinat0r.com/2014/03/06/internet-explorer-11-compatibility-fixes-for-sharepoint-2013/

Best regards,

Sara Fan

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