InfoPath Dev

Hi. I have created a form in InfoPath and I have userd some code in C# for creating some connections to an Sql database and for doing some other things. When I have tried to make it browser enabled i got many errors and I was suggested to use the FormState property to store data. Can someone inlight me please. What exactly is this? What should i do in order to convert my code. I am new with InfoPath. Sorry for my quesitons. Thank you!

In InfoPath, you cannot decalre variables directly. To declare the variables you need to use the form state dictionary.

Member variables (global variables) are not supported by Browser enabled forms, so you cannot use them, instead you can use form state. to store variables. just follow the syntax given 

get

set

 Thank you for your answers.

Take this code for example. How should it be converted, I have tried but the values are not assigned if i use FormState(".."). I am using InfoPath 2007

        Private Sub InternalStartup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
            AddHandler DirectCast(EventManager.ControlEvents("btnSave"), ButtonEvent).Clicked, AddressOf btnSaveBuilding_Clicked

            Dim xnFormName As XPathNavigator
            Dim xnDoc As XPathNavigator
            Dim Info As String
            Dim currentIdentity As WindowsIdentity

           strInfo = ""

            'create navigators
            xnFormName = Me.MainDataSource.CreateNavigator()
            xnDoc = Me.MainDataSource.CreateNavigator()


            'citesc domeniul si userul din windows
            currentIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
            strInfo = currentIdentity.Name


            'adaugare user in campul de pe form
            xnFormName.SelectSingleNode("/my:View1/my:txtInfo", Me.NamespaceManager).SetValue(strInfo)


        End Sub

Thank you!

 The form state applies only to global variables or to any of them?

the above code seems to be fine, you need viewstate for global variables only. There might be some other code that throws errors

 Hi. Thank you for answering. So, if I replace all global variables with local ones, and I use functions with parameters, all should be ok right? Thank you!

yes everything should be right

 Hi. Thank you. I have changed all varibles to local, and I am using functions to pass the variables. I have no error in the form when i make it compatible with the web-based forms to fill it using a browser. However, when i publish it in Sharepoint I get a message saying: The form was closed. What could it be? The form works fine localy, on my machine where i have infopath. I use custom code for saving the information into the database. Thank you!

 Here is a complete solution about how to publish a form. Use Internet Explorer.