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Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

Glen123 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:07:32 GMT

Thank you it works to retrieve the email automatically from the active directory. How about getting it's manager name and email add and user colleagues.

thank you

Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

jatuphum — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:46:21 GMT

Hi dlocc,

Thank you very much for your answer. I follow your solution, it is Ok. But I have some another problem.

There is error message "An error occurred accessing a data source." (there is not error number).

I noticed, if user's profile does not have value in field "User Name", such as "name.surname", on SharePoint profile, the error is occured.

Otherwise, if user's profile has value in field "User Name", the error is not be occurred.

Do you know about it?

Thank you very much again.

Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

dlocc — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:07:45 GMT

Ok, here's what I would recommend... let me know if this works for you:

1. Within your form make a data connection to the UserProfileService MOSS web service:

With InfoPath opened go to Tools > Data Connections, and click 'add...' to add a new data connection to the form. This opens up the Data Connection Wizard.
Select receive data from Web Service and click next.
Choose 'Web Service' and next.
Now you will have to point the wizard to the WS. Type an address similar to this: http://ServerName/_vti_bin/UserProfileService.asmx and click next.
Here you get a list of all methods for that WS, choose GetUserProfileByName and click next.
In this screen you can specify what parameters are sent to the method, we are relying on the method's ability to return the current user name if no value is passed to it, so we will leave this as is (no value is passed to the method) and click next.
Click next and make sure 'Automatically retrieve data when form is opened' is checked.
Finish the wizard.

2. Follow these steps to add auto-populate a field with the form user's email address from Active Directory. For more information please visit this blog post where I first learned this method: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/itaysk/archive/2007/04/05/InfoPath-_2D00_-Get-the-current-user-without-writing-code.aspx

Add a textbox to the form.
Go to the first textbox's properties (double click it).
In the 'Default Value' part, click the 'fx' button next to the 'Value' field. this opens up the formula builder dialog.
Click 'Insert field or group'.
In the data sources drop down, choose the GetUserProfileByName data source.
Expand all groups under the 'dataFields' group, and choose the 'value' field. Don't click OK yet!
With data 'value' field selected, click the 'Filter Data...' button and 'Add...'.
In the first drop down (value) select 'Select a field or group...' and choose the 'Name' field under the 'PropertyData' group.
Leave the middle drop down as is ('is equal to') and in the last drop down choose 'type a text...'.
This is the part where you specify which property to put in the textbox. As we said the method returns multiple properties about the user. For this textbox we want to put the user's work email in, so type 'WorkEmail' (this is case sensitive!).
Click 'OK' for every open dialog box until you are back in the design mode.
click 'Preview' and see the wonder!

Let me know if this helps at all or if I'm way off base.

Thanks,

Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

jatuphum — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:47:44 GMT

Yes, this form is going on MOSS.

Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

dlocc — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:53:39 GMT

Will this form be going on MOSS?

Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

jatuphum — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:34:20 GMT

Hi,

Additionally, if I want other email in Active Directory by seletion in list. Has it another way?

Thank you very much.

Re: How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

Clay Fox — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:27:45 GMT

Hey There.

If you know the userID, you can use a web service like Qdabra's to get the rest of their Active Directory record such as location, department, manager, and email.

How is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

jatuphum — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:04:55 GMT

Hi all,

I want to know, how is browser form get E-Mail account from Active Directory?

Thank you very much.