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It's now well known that InfoPath 2010 has the built-in ability to query REST webservices. But did you know that you can use qRules' QueryData command to query REST data even if you or your users are still using InfoPath 2007? Here's a simple...
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Forms injected with qRules or that have custom code can be published as sandboxed in SharePoint 2010, if your SharePoint install has sandbox enabled. However, we are seeing that forms that have a loading event (either from the injected qRules DLL or in...
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If you are using SharePoint and InfoPath 2010, you may already have SharePoint's OData services at your disposal. And while with 2010 we now have query fields for list and library data connections, you can go far beyond basic equivalency in your queries...
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InfoPath 2010 has the ability to return data from REST web services - and Excel Services in SharePoint 2010 has a REST API . I've got a video up on Channel 9 that talks about different ways to leverage Excel in InfoPath, including dynamic charts using...
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A qRules customer recently came to us with a qRules task that I hadn't seen before. He had a highly nested data source divided into several sections, and he needed to copy some data from a secondary data source. Some of the data belonged in certain...
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In qRules 3.4, we've added a new parameter to the Insert command that is intended to allow it to be more consistent with how people are expecting it to work. Suppose you have data source with nested repeating groups, like this: You lay them out on...
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When designing an InfoPath form that integrates with a secondary data source such as a SharePoint list, data retrieved from SQL, or a simple XML document – you may find yourself needing to hide rows that have the same value/s as that in your main data...
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After injecting an InfoPath form with qRules, you might be unable to open the XSN in the designer and then Preview. The error indicates : InfoPath cannot open the selected form because of an error in the form's code. Policy settings prevent opening...
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This technique comes from one of Qdabra’s own customers, John Shaw, who is a qRules user. This cool idea will iterate the SaveToSharePoint command for multiple file attachments. This tutorial builds on the example show in a previous document by making...
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This sample form shows two ways to copy repeating data from a secondary data source into your form's Main data source. Secondary data sources can be defined in InfoPath Designer from the Data Connections dialog. You can have pull data from a SharePoint...
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Yesterday, a user of Qdabra's Active Directory Web Service reported an issue via the forum . When calling the operation GetEmployeesForManager, the user's alias was being retrieved for both values in the dropdown. We have quickly investigated...
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Scenario Just like the Vehicle Identification Number for your car, your business process needs to uniquely identify the documents in your system. Unique IDs enable opening forms via links from a Web server or email message. To prevent new forms from overwriting...
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Sometimes it is useful to know the DocID of a document that was just submitted to DBXL. For example, you might want to send an email immediately after submission. So how can we retrieve the DocID of the document? Follow this tutorial to find out! These...
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A new feature has been added to the DBXL Migration Tool to allow bulk uploading files and images to DBXL. Once these files are in DBXL, you can query them from DBXL using QueryDB, and include links to them in your XML forms. Here are the simple steps...
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A while back, Hilary Stoupa wrote an excellent, detailed blog post about modifying a database table with existing data to work with a DBXL solution. I highly recommend reading it if you are faced with that sort of situation, as it is the go-to guide for...