linking an xml file to an InfoPath form

[Darren Neimke]

In the PO_Webservice InfoPath SDK there is a great demo which shows how to
create an xml file and e-mail it to a user. The xml file is linked to an
InfoPath form via a pre-processing instruction which includes a Uri pointing
to the form. It looks like this:

<?mso-InfoPathSolution ... name="URI IS HERE" />

Where uri looks something like:


urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:infopath:2003:sdk:sample:WebServicePO:Invoice

Where does this Uri come from and, when developing my own forms... how will
I know which Uri to use so that I can link ad-hoc xml files with my templates?

 

[Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]]

In the PO_Webservice InfoPath SDK there is a great demo which shows how to
create an xml file and e-mail it to a user. The xml file is linked to an
InfoPath form via a pre-processing instruction

Darren,

It's a processing instruction, not a pre-processing instruction.

which includes a Uri pointing
to the form.

It doesn't really point to the form. But it does indicate which URN
the form template is associated with.

It looks like this:

<?mso-InfoPathSolution ... name="URI IS HERE" />

Where uri looks something like:


urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:infopath:2003:sdk:sample:WebServicePO:Invoice

Where does this Uri come from and, when developing my own forms... how will
I know which Uri to use so that I can link ad-hoc xml files with my templates?

Have a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../html/ipsdkUnderstandingFullyTrustedForms.asp

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath

 

[Darren Neimke]

Thanks for that link Andrew... I'll read it over the weekend.

 

[Darren Neimke]

Andrew... Just thought that I'd let you know that I read that article:

http://weblogs.asp.net/dneimke/archive/2004/12/20/327262.aspx

Thanks for that link, it cleared everything up for me. It seems that Urn
based forms are perfectly suited to the kind of workflow scenario as the one
in the SDK example forms - Web Service Purchase Order and Invoice Sample
Forms.