InfoPath Dev

I have 4 types of users. Each type of user will see a slightly different version of my form. In the OnLoad event, I can get the user_name from the System.Environment.UserName command. I then want to use that user name to query a Sharepoint list that contains the access_level associated with that user_name. I would then use the access_level to decide which View to load.

How do I return just the access_level associated with the user_name, and then grab the returned value so that I can use it to decide which view to display?

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be most greatful.

Thanks very much,
Tim

Hi Tim,
There are a couple HowTos written that explain how to get/set data from SharePoint lists. Also, Chapter 9 in my book describes this. Go th the "Search InfoPathDev for:" text field and enter "SharePoint list my filter". Let me know if you don't find it.
Regards,

Thanks for the reply Patrick.

I've found a couple of examples that might work, but they are in J Script and I'm having trouble converting to C#. I think I'm pretty close here, but can't seem to get the last little bit. Directly below is the edited version of the example I found on InfopathDev.com. Below that is the unedited version of what I found.

If I'm on the right path and can get the loop working (big If's, I know), I think I'm golden.

Any insight on getting that while loop to loop thru the items in the List?

// NEED THIS DECLARATION IN C#
// I THINK IT WOULD BE:
// IXMLDOMDocument3 oSharePointDom = (IXMLDOMDocument3)thisXDocument.DataObjects["AccessLevelList"].DOM;
var oSharePointDom = XDocument.GetDOM( "AccessLevelList" );

// THIS APPEARS TO WORK AS IS... AT LEAST I GET NO COMPILE ERRORS AT THIS POINT
oSharePointDom.setProperty("SelectionNamespaces","xmlns:dfs='http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/dataFormSolution'");

// I DON'T NEED THE LOCAL DOM SINCE I'M NOT RESETTING ANY ITEMS ON MY FORM, JUST LOOKING FOR THE ACCESS LEVEL.. SO I'VE REMOVED THIS PART

// I THINK THIS DECLARATION SHOULD BE:
// IXMLDOMNode nLSharedItems = oSharePointDom.selectNodes("/dfs:user_id/dfs:access_level");
var nlSharedItems = oSharePointDom.selectNodes( "/dfs:user_name/dfs:access_level" );


// WITHOUT THE LOCAL DOM TO COMPARE AGAINST, I'M NOT SURE OF THE SYNTAX FOR THE COMPARISON IN THE LOOP
// I DON'T HAVE THE "nSharedItem" FOR THE LOOP COMPARISON AND THERE IS NO "NEXTNODE" AVAILABLE IN C#
while( (nlSharedItems.nextNode() ) != null )
{

// ONCE INSIDE THE LOOP, I WILL RUN THE COMPARISON AGAINST THE USER_NAME
if(sUserName == nlSharedItem.selectSingleNode("@user_name").text)
{
sUserAccess = nlSharedItem.selectSingleNode("@access_level");
}

}




THIS IS THE CODE I CHANGED TO TRY AND MAKE IT WORK FOR ME IN C#:

// Get the updated version of the List
// If the user is offline, the code will skip to the "catch" block below
XDocument.DataObjects["Products Online"].Query();

// Get the ShareList DOM
var oSharePointDom = XDocument.GetDOM( "Products Online" );
// Setup the Namespaces
oSharePointDom.setProperty("SelectionNamespaces",
'xmlns:dfs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/dataFormSolution" ' );

// Get the local DOM - to does not use namespaces
var oLocalDom = XDocument.GetDOM( "Products Offline" );

// Get a sample cached list node that we will need to clone later
var nSampleProductNode = oLocalDom.selectSingleNode( "/CachedList/Products/Product" );

// Remove all of the items from the local copy of the list
oLocalDom.selectNodes( "/CachedList/Products/Product" ).removeAll();

// Loop through all of the items in the SharePoint List
var nlSharedItems = oSharePointDom.selectNodes( "/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/dfs:Products" );

while( (nSharedItem = nlSharedItems.nextNode() ) != null )
{
// Create a new row from the sample
var nNewLocalCacheRow = nSampleProductNode.cloneNode(true);

// Set the values
nNewLocalCacheRow.selectSingleNode( "@ID" ).text = nSharedItem.selectSingleNode( "@ID" ).text;
nNewLocalCacheRow.selectSingleNode( "@Name" ).text = nSharedItem.selectSingleNode( "@Name" ).text;
nNewLocalCacheRow.selectSingleNode( "@Description" ).text = nSharedItem.selectSingleNode( "@Description" ).text;

// Append to to our local cached list
oLocalDom.selectSingleNode( "/CachedList/Products" ).appendChild( nNewLocalCacheRow );
}