https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89305.aspxSun, 28 Apr 2013 00:35:43 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:89305jacqui18110https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89305.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=89305Hi Patrick, This is a really simple one table form (at the moment), will have a look into your web service anyway so I know it is there if it gets a bit more complex :). And will definitely bare it in mind if I get asked to do another one Writing the basic web service is probably the one part of this that I won&#39;t find difficult as I am a .net developer, it is just all the deploying and configuring :) Thanks for your input :) Jacqui.https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89302.aspxSat, 27 Apr 2013 23:57:35 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:89302Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89302.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=89302<p>Hi Jacqui,</p><p>How many tables are you trying to map your form to? </p><p>We have a free trial of a configurable Web service available here: <a href="http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/DBXL.aspx">http://www.qdabra.com/en/products/DBXL.aspx</a></p><p>The benefit is that it stores the entire XML in the DB and allows you to map to any set of tables by defining a configurable mapping.</p><p>That means it can be used for any schema - it&#39;s schema flexible. So you don&#39;t have to create-deploy a separate Web service for each InfoPath template. Means less maintenance work for you.</p><p>It&#39;s an easy install and it will even map your form to SharePoint library, and do other things like filtered queries, item-level permissions, etc.</p><p>Plus, Ernesto and others will support you with it. :)</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89300.aspxSat, 27 Apr 2013 11:44:46 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:89300jacqui18110https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89300.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=89300Hi, Okay stuck already :) Created my form deployed and submitted to a document library nicely :) What is my next step ? Do I write the webservice next and use that or is there another step first and do I simply change my submit to use the webservice? Thanks as ever for your help here :) Jacqui.https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89274.aspxFri, 26 Apr 2013 13:41:35 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:89274jacqui18110https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89274.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=89274Thanks Ernesto. Need all the moral support I can get on this one and it is a relief to know that there are kind people out there willing to shove me in the right direction :) I shouldn&#39;t have any problem with the code on the web service as I have written a few of them that connect to sql databases, just not sure about deploying etc. I am lucky that there isn&#39;t a deadline as such on it as well so hopefully plenty of room for my learning curve. I will check out those links and thanks, I will be back in touch if I need anything. Jacqui.https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89269.aspxFri, 26 Apr 2013 13:08:16 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:89269ErnestoM0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89269.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=89269<p>Hi Jacqui,</p><p>Unfortunately, you&#39;ve been tasked with a difficult task. Writing your own web service, deploying it, maintaining it, is no easy task for an InfoPath/SharePoint beginner. The topic has been discussed before in <a href="http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/p/15897/56282.aspx">threads this like one</a>. In addition, to upload a document (I assume into a separate document library) requires custom code. </p><p>Where to start? You could probably design a blank, new form, add your nodes, design the canvas (view), publish to the browser and add a submit data connection to the form library. That&#39;s the easy part and will get you some understanding of InfoPath design and SharePoint deployment. Once you&#39;ve got that working, you can move on to the hard stuff:&nbsp;writing the code to upload the attachment and writing the web service to submit to SQL. We have a sequence of 4 training labs, <a href="http://www.infopathdev.com/blogs/jennifer/archive/2010/06/25/free-training-learn-infopath-2010-and-sharepoint-2010-by-building-an-event-form.aspx">available here</a>, for those new to InfoPath. </p><p>Come back as you progress and ask questions. Good luck!</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89265.aspxFri, 26 Apr 2013 09:26:48 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:89265jacqui18110https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/89265.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=89265Hi, I am a .net developer but have never done much in sharepoint other than update a webpart. I have been asked to develop a contact form that submits data to a table and also allows user to upload a document and that has to be versioned and stored against that record. I have been advised to user Infopath and am a little out of my depth. I gather I have to use a web browser enabled form. Should I use a database form and write to a webservice? I am realy stuck as to where to start so could really do with somebody who can walk me through and advise me the best practice. Hoping somebody can help. Jacqui.