InfoPath Dev

The AD Service supports two methods: GetMyInfo and GetUserInfo. Here are steps to set up a sample form that queries GetUserInfo with a user-entered username string:

1. Start InfoPath
2. Choose Design a Form in left task pane
3. Choose New Blank Form from the right task pane
4. Tools->Data Connections->Add
5. Select Receive Data
6. Select Web service and click Next
7. Type in the URL for your ADService, for examplehttp://localhost/ADService/ADUserInfo.asmx) and click Next
8. Select GetUserInfo method and click Next
9. Click Next
10. Uncheck "Automatically retrieve data when form is loaded" and click Finish
11. Click Close
12. Navigate to Data Source in the task pane
13. Change Main in the dropdown to GetUserInfo (secondary)
14. Expand the queryFields node until you see "username"
15. Hit enter a couple times in the view
16. Drag "username" from the data source to the view
17. Expand dataFields until you see ADProp
18. Drag the ADProp node into the view and choose repeating table
19. Put the cursor under the Username label in the view
20. Navigate to Controls in the task pane
21. Click Button to add a Button control into the view
22. Double click the newly added button in the view
23. Click Rules
24. Click Add
25. Click Add Action
26. Select Query using a data connection from the dropdown
27. Click OK
28. Click OK until the dialogs go away
29. Click Preview
30. Enter the username for a user in your domain
31. Click Button

Voila! The UserInfo from your Active Directory should be displayed.

Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPathDev

Hi pat, Thanks for the AdService steps.

 I got a text box where i will be typing the 3 to 4 charaters and click search button to get the search results.

I am struggling with the rule.

Please tell me what rule i need to keep to working my button rule to work.

Please assist urgently. Thanks in advance.

The problem is

The Infopath form is working perfectly fetching all the users in the active directory.

I got like this

 Text box

Search button

Dropdown with all active directory users.

 In the button i kept the following action in the rule..

1. Set a field's value as

field = datasource is AD_User_Get_Users(Secondary)

Queryfileds>InputProperties>Name

Field = Name

Value = concat(*,TextBoxField,*)

amd also added a query

Ad_User_Get_Users

so i added 2 actions

one is field value and second is query.

but when on running, i can see users in the dropdown on loading form, when type something in text box and click search , i see the dropdown users vanish. so it is not searching by the textbox characters.

Please assist me in configuring correct rule i need to use to get search results in the dropdown.

 Thanks

Ravi

 

You cannot use the GetUserInfo webmethod to search for users.  GetUserInfo requires a specific username.

The web service provides the FindUsersByAlias and FindUsersByName web methods to search for users.  Does your version of ADWS have those methods?

Thanks Jimmy,

I dont have FindUsersByAlias and FindUsersByName web methods to search for users.

what should i do now, what alternative you can suggest me.

Please assist.

Thanks in advance.

Ravi

 It sounds like you probably need to upgrade to use those web methods.  Are you using the ADWS built into DBXL, or do you have the standalone version of ADWS?

Hi jimmy,

Unfortunetly, we had a standalone version on the serve, where we using the AD_User_Get_Users.

 Is there any chance you can send the dll's of those webmethods, which i can add in my folder and access it.

Please assist.

 thanks

ravi

Are you using the standalone Qdabra AD Webservice or the AD webservice as part of Qdabra DBXL?

Hi Jim,

I have standalone version of k2 SmartOject AD which i am using as of now.

I dont HAVE QDABRA AD Webservice or DBXL in my machine.

So what is alternative please asssist urgently.

Thanks

Ravi K dake

Hi dakesun,

This board is specifically meant for users of Qdabra's software products.

Please post your question in the InfoPath section of this forum to see if other community members will reply.

Thank you.

Do I need Qrules to make this work?

The intial post in this thread is in regard to Qdabra's Active Directory web service (also part of DBXL) -- do you have DBXL or the AD Web Service installed?

No, But one more hurdle with repeating tables and I'm going to pursue it.

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