InfoPath Dev

'this code works fine
Set InfoPathApp = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application")
Set myIFDoc = InfoPathApp.XDocuments.Open("c:\infopathtest.xml",1)
myIFDoc.PrintOut


'but this
sPath = "c:\infopathtest.xml"
Set InfoPathApp = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application")
Set myIFDoc = InfoPathApp.XDocuments.Open("c:\infopathtest.xml",1)
myIFDoc.PrintOut

fails with the Runtime Error:
'Infopath has enountered an Error. The operation failed. ?? Infopath cannot open the selected form. The parameter is incorrect.

Why?

As you can see, the only difference in the code fragments is that i am assigning the filepath to a string. I;ve tested this on two machines with two different configurations and also tested the corresponding action with Word Automation to check I wasn't doing something dopey.

Any ideas, guys? It really does seem like a lurgey in the API

My error:

INCORRECT CODE FRAGMENT SHOULD READ

sPath = "c:\infopathtest.xml"
Set InfoPathApp = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application")
Set myIFDoc = InfoPathApp.XDocuments.Open(sPath,1)
myIFDoc.PrintOut

Hi Pfazza and welcome to our life!

Please try:
sPath = "c:\\infopathtest.xml"

 Feels odd to revive this thread, but I'm having the same problem as described and haven't come up nor find a solution.

 

So I'm hoping that there is a solution around 

Why don't you post your code so we can see what might be going wrong for you?

 Basically the same code as the original poster:

sPath="C:\\base.xml"
Dim ipApp
Set ipApp = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application")
Call ipApp.XDocuments.Open(sPath,8)

... some more code ...

 

 But, if I replace the Open-call like this:

 Call ipApp.XDocuments.Open("c:\\base.xml",8)

then the script works fine.

 

 

I just verified that I get the same behavior. That's flat weird. However, since I'm stubborn, I tried this:

sPath="C:\base"
Dim ipApp
Set ipApp = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application")
Call ipApp.XDocuments.Open(sPath + ".xml",8)

And it worked....

 I like your attitude :-)

 

 As sPath is filled in from arguments, I tried this

Call ipApp.XDocuments.Open( sPath + "" ,  8 )

And that works too!

 

Thanks for being stubborn Hilary!

Greetings,

Marc

Ooooh, good thinking, Marc! just add a bit of nothing to the end of the string. How'd I'd love to know why the right way doesn't work tho!