InfoPath Dev

Forum Community,

I would like to attach a method I created using C# such that when a condition in an InfoPath rule is met, the method in my managed code is automatically invoked. I found a tutorial that explains something close to what I want to accomplish; however, it appears the method attached to the rule can only return a boolean value of "true". See below link:

 http://www.infopathdev.com/blogs/greg/archive/2004/09/15/Use-Code-to-Determine-a-Rule-Condition.aspx

Thanks in advance for your help.

~W

Hi W,

Yep, Greg's right, but how about a workaround? Have your code set a field in the main data source or a secondary one and then check that.

:)

 Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the quick reply. 

I'm using InfoPath 2010, and I noticed "Show A Dialog Box Message" is not an available among the drop-down list items after selecting "Add Action". I'm only able to go so far as item #7, under "Create the rule condition". It appears Greg is using an earlier version of InfoPath. Do you know why displaying a dialog box message is not present?

Thanks,

~W

 Forum Community,

I found a article from Microsoft that further discusses how to invoke managed code from a rule; see below link:

 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2005/06/17/430347.aspx

Am I correct in assuming the code for my method (i.e. Test(string param)) belongs in the file named "FormCode.cs"?

Thanks,

~W

If your form is a browser form, the display a dialog box message action won't be present. And in IP 2010, I think it says something like "Display the results of a field or a formula"....