InfoPath Dev

I am working with an InfoPath form with multiple views and submitting via HTTP POST to a Java servlet. If I get an error message back from the servlet (e.g., the value for "/xpath/to/node" needs attention), I would like to not only display a message (I've done that), but also set focus to a field bound to that node.

I can use View.SelectText() to set focus, but how can I tell which view(s) have a control bound to the node? Can this be answered using JScript?

Here's some pseudocode to describe my question...

// assume we're given XPath to a node with a "problem"
var problemNodeXPath = "/xpath/to/node";

// Fetch the specific DOM node using XPath
var objNode = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode(problemNodeXPath);

// Get the views that contain 1+ controls bound to the node
// Can this be done using JScript?
var possibleViews = viewsWithControlsBoundToNode(objNode);

// Switch to the first view that uses the data
XDocument.View.SwitchView(possibleViews(0))

// Set focus to the "problem" node
XDocument.View.SelectText(objNode);

In the fictitious viewsWithControlsBoundToNode(node) method above, I would iterate through available views, test each one to see if it contained a control bound to the given node, and return a list of those views that met the criteria. Even an anyViewWithControlBoundToNode(node) method would suffice.

My apologies if this has been covered or answered elsewhere. Any help would be appreciated.

Try this:

var nodelist = XDocument.View.GetContextNodes();

var present = false;

while( n = nodelist.nextNode() )
{
	if( n == selectSingleNode("xpath/to/node") )
	{
		present = true;
		break;
	}
}

if( present )
	XDocument.View.SelectText(objNode);

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Matt Faus

Thanks Matt. Still not working for me.

I'm not quite sure what XDocument.View.GetContextNodes() is supposed to be returning. I was hoping that it was the subset of data nodes bound to the View...but it doesn't seem to be.

I designed a new blank InfoPath form with two simple text nodes:

Data Source
myFields
field1
field2

I then put one field (field1) onto the view along with a single button. Clicking on the button invokes XDocument.View.GetContextNodes() and displays the nodes and one level below (their children):

function Button::OnClick(eventObj)
{
  // fetch View's ContextNodes...whatever that means :o)
  var objXMLNodes = XDocument.View.GetContextNodes();

  for (var i = 0; i < objXMLNodes.Count; i++)
  {
    // fetch current node and its children
    var objNode = objXMLNodes.item(i);
    var objChildren = objNode.childNodes;

    // display current node's name
    XDocument.UI.Alert(objNode.nodeName);

    // display name of each child node
    for (var j = 0; j < objChildren.length; j++)
    {
      XDocument.UI.Alert(objChildren.item(j).nodeName);
    }
  }
}

XDocument.View.GetContextNodes() returns one node: "my:myFields". As it loops through the children of this node, it displays both "my:field1" and "my:field2", even though only the first of these is in the active view.

Does anybody know how to enumerate the nodes bound to a View? Or enumerate the controls in a view and find the bound data node for each control?