InfoPath Dev

Hi,
Please help me on my question below:-

I am a user who wants to enter a path and file name on an InfoPath form or select it from a tables drop down box. How do I open this file in a notepad document?

Thanks,
Raj Vasal.

Hi rkvasal,

Have you had a look at this how-to from the MS website?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/assistance/HP010968051033.aspx#Insert_a_dynamic_hyperlink

This should get you started on what you want to do hopefully!

Good luck

Hi Ted,

The link that you sent me is about to create the hyperlink, but I am looking to open with notepad.

Thanks,
Raj Vasal.

Hi Raj,

You can get this to work with the hyperlink method mentioned in the article, but it will only open the document in IE browser not in Notepad itself.

Where is the document located that you want users to open? Is it on a network? Do you want the users to open the actual notepad file on the network and save changes or do you want them to to only be able to save a local copy of the file?

Perhaps if you explain a little bit more exactly what the workflow is here I can be of better help?

Thanks!

Hi Ted,

Actually what I am trying to do is that if we have any text field in the infoPath form and some user will enter some data in that text field then can we able to see that entered data in a notepad file and then able to edit it as well?

I hope it will clear,I really appreciate your help.

Please reply back if you have any solution.

Thanks,
Raj Vasal.

Referencing this thread:http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=273&SearchTerms=wscript,activex

You could do something like this:

var filename = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode( "/my:myFields/my:filename" );
var Shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.shell");
var strCMD = "notepad.exe " + filename;
		
var oExec = Shell.Exec(strCMD);
var oExecOut = oExec.StdOut;

var input = "";
input = oExecOut.ReadAll();

I hope this helps!

Hi Matt,
Thank you for your reply,as I am new to InfoPath, can you please advise me where should I put the code that you have provided me in your last post,Plesae reply, really appreciate your help.

Thanks,
Raj Vasal.

You could put it anywhere, really. To try it out, place a button on the view, double-click "Edit Form Code", and then paste the code in the OnClick event handler.

Hi Matt,

I tried with the button as instructed by you, so while clicking the button, notepad file is opening up.Dies it mean that when user will enter something in the text field,and after hitting the button, the entered text will show up in the notepad file?

Please advise

Thanks for your help.
Raj