Newbie Questions

Re: Solved

bhook — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:14:42 GMT

I did try your method, it prompted me an error saying that method wasn't supported. Thanks though.

Re: Solved

Jimmy — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:59:07 GMT

Did you try my suggestion? That might save users from having to go through the extra prompt.

Solved

bhook — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:47:12 GMT

I used IE to open the file which prompts me to open the file with Infopath. WshShell.Run "%comspec% /c Start iexplore " & localfile, 0, 1

Re: Open .XSN from VBScript

bhook — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:06:57 GMT

Yes its 2003, I'm writing a VBScript which will open a .xsn I was given.

Re: Open .XSN from VBScript

Jimmy — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:45:43 GMT

For opening XSNs, I think you should use NewFromSolution(), not Open():

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.infopath.xdocuments2.newfromsolution(v=office.11)

Re: Open .XSN from VBScript

Gennady Vanin (Геннадий Ванин, Новосибирск) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:18:03 GMT

Is it Infopath 2003?

AFAIU, VBScript is not used in 2007 and 2010?

The.xsn file is archive of (I believe XML) files, it is for XML files describing Infopath form template

Then, I do not grasp - are you trying to open XSN template from itself? or from where? in which context?

Open .XSN from VBScript

bhook — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:59:11 GMT

I'm new to InfoPath and VBScript. I'm trying to open a .xsn file residing on the desktop using a vbscript. I've used Set ipApp = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application") then Call ipApp.XDocuments.Open(myfile) but those return an error about the file not being a valid XML file. (myfile is declared earlier in the script) Am I missing something? Any help appreciated.