InfoPath drop down/Simple web service question

[OMAF-Terry]

I'm trying to create a web service in C# to populate a drop down list with
Active Directory users.

How do I return what's found (if possble please provide code)? Then from the
InfoPath side, I've seen a couple different ways to receive the data such as

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826994
http://blogs.msdn.com/davfries/archive/2004/06/29/169043.aspx
or adding a data connection

What is the best method to receive the data retrived from web service?


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public string getAdUsers()
{
DirectoryEntry entryAllUsers = new
DirectoryEntry("LDAP://ou=people,ou=peeps,dc=gov,dc=on,dc=ca");
DirectorySearcher dsAllUsers = new DirectorySearcher(entryAllUsers);
string [] strAttrs = new
string[]{"givenName","sn","mail","telephoneNumber"};
dsAllUsers.Filter = "(objectClass=user)";
dsAllUsers.PropertiesToLoad.AddRange(strAttrs);
return "???????";
}
}
}

 

[Henning Krause [MVP - Exhange]]

Hello,

as the example states, you could create an XML document to and populate it
with the results.

Another option would be to create a class with the necessary properties and
return an array:

[Serializable]
public class Entry {
public string givenName;
public string sn;
public string telephoneNumber;
}

[WebMethod]
public Entry[] GetUserList() {
// Put your code here
}

You can then add a secondary datasource to your InfoPath form.

Greetings,
Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]
==========================
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[OMAF-Terry]

Thanks Henning for your reply. Is it possible for you to provide some code
example for me? I'm new to InfoPath and even newer to C#.

Hello,

as the example states, you could create an XML document to and populate it
with the results.

Another option would be to create a class with the necessary properties and
return an array:

[Serializable]
public class Entry {
public string givenName;
public string sn;
public string telephoneNumber;
}

[WebMethod]
public Entry[] GetUserList() {
// Put your code here
}

You can then add a secondary datasource to your InfoPath form.

Greetings,
Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]
==========================
Visit my website: http://www.infinitec.de
Try my free Exchange Explorer: Mistaya
(http://www.infinitec.de/software/mistaya.aspx)

I'm trying to create a web service in C# to populate a drop down list with
Active Directory users.

How do I return what's found (if possble please provide code)? Then from
the
InfoPath side, I've seen a couple different ways to receive the data such
as

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826994
http://blogs.msdn.com/davfries/archive/2004/06/29/169043.aspx
or adding a data connection

What is the best method to receive the data retrived from web service?


=======================================
public string getAdUsers()
{
DirectoryEntry entryAllUsers = new
DirectoryEntry("LDAP://ou=people,ou=peeps,dc=gov,dc=on,dc=ca");
DirectorySearcher dsAllUsers = new DirectorySearcher(entryAllUsers);
string [] strAttrs = new
string[]{"givenName","sn","mail","telephoneNumber"};
dsAllUsers.Filter = "(objectClass=user)";
dsAllUsers.PropertiesToLoad.AddRange(strAttrs);
return "???????";
}
}
}