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Forms Description message referencing to field with wrong name
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At least that is the way we have used, if its a bug they wil create a bug task, or if it relates to an already registered bug you will get the info.
Oct 23, 2025 9:38
You’re right, that message looks confusing – it’s coming from the built-in Forms localization rather than anything you’ve configured in your form, so you can’t change it per-form from the UI.
In Forms 5.7.2 this is effectively a text/UX bug in the default language resources. Until Optimizely changes it in a future release, 1 below option you can try:
Override the text via Forms localization:
You can override any of the default Forms strings by copying and editing the embedded language XML and then placing it under your site’s Resources/LanguageFiles folder:
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Extract
EPiServer.Forms_EN.xmlfrom\modules\_protected\EPiServer.Forms\EPiServer.Forms.zip\EmbeddedLangFiles\ -
Locate the entry for the description/help text that’s using the wrong field name.
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Adjust the value to the wording you want (for example, remove or correct the misleading field reference).
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Drop the modified XML into
\Resources\LanguageFilesso it overrides the embedded resource.
After an app restart, the Forms UI will use your corrected text instead of the default one.
Thanks,
Nov 26, 2025 8:40
Display Message refering to a field using wrong name, which could cause confusion.
Forms 5.7.2
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