InfoPath Dev

I have an InfoPath 2003 form with C# code. I have seven text boxes that users will enter different types of data into.

I am trying to create a button that will open a new from and place the data from the text boxes in the first form into the text boxes of the new form.

Does anybody know how to do this in IP 2003?

 Thanks,

-Lawson

check this.

Hey, Lawson:

Here's what I've used in the past:

//Create the new form

XDocument newForm = thisApplication.XDocuments.NewFromSolution(@"C:\Users\Lawson\Desktop\Switch View.xsn");

 

//Convert to IXMLDOMDocument2

IXMLDOMDocument2 newFormDom = (IXMLDOMDocument2)newForm.DOM;

 

//Set the namespace (correct for the appropriate namespace for YOUR template)

newFormDom.setProperty("SelectionNamespaces", "xmlns:my=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-07-06T22:11:15\"");

 

 

//fill in new form fields         

newFormDom.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:WhateverTheRealXpathIs").text = "Test";

You'll want to update the namespace. You can set fields in your new form to values from your current form rather than the text value I show.

Hey Hilary,

Thanks for your help. I won't have a chance to run this until later on tonight.

I have one question about the correct namespace.

Where can I find the correct namespace for my template?

Thanks,

-Lawson

Save your target form (the one you want to open in your code) as source files. Open up the template.xml in a text editor and look for the namespace declaration -- if you created the schema while building the template, it is probably the "my" namespace and looks like this:

xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-07-12T19:46:43"

You want the bit in quotes.

Thanks Hilary, I greatly appreciate it.

I have just one more question. I can probably figure this out when I run this code later tonight, but I’m just curious.

In the last line of code:

newFormDom.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:WhateverTheRealXpathIs").text = "Test";

No, "Test" is just a string that I was showing as a sample. You'd want to create a string variable with data from your original form (thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("xpathToNode") etc). And yes, the made up XPath in the newFormDom's selectSingleNode method would be to the field you wish to set.

You're Awesome Hilary! :)

Just ran the code, and it works well.

-Lawson

Glad to hear it! Have a great weekend!

Hilary,

Thank you for all of your help, just one more question...

Three of the fields in the form are drop down boxes. I am using the following code to pass the data:

newFormDom.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:group1/my:field6").text = "Option";

newFormDom.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:group1/my:field7").text = "ContractingProcedure";

However, the new form drop down boxes are blank.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,

-Lawson

Hilary, figured it out with the following code:

newFormDom.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:group1/my:field6").text = Option;

newFormDom.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:group1/my:field7").text = ContractingProcedure;

Thanks again! :)

Have a great weekend!

-Lawson