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Re: Contact Selector through SharePoint

infopathic — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:12:01 GMT

Thank you for your reply. I got it working.

Re: Contact Selector through SharePoint

warrtalon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:44:30 GMT

If you set it up right, the Contact Selector does work. What you've listed here is way way off base from what you should be doing. You don't edit the DIP within a built-in content type for a doc lib to do any of this.

Create a form library and don't mess with it. Create an InfoPath form template from scratch and follow the instructions on activating the Contact Selector control. If it doesn't work, then we can troubleshoot whatever errors you're getting, but your route should not include anything related to what you've listed here.

http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/archive/2007/02/28/using-the-contact-selector-control.aspx

Contact Selector through SharePoint

infopathic — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:33:47 GMT

I have been working the past few days trying to get the Contact Selector control working.

My only success came through this process through SharePoint:

- Created a new Document Library named: ContactSelectorTest

- Enabled the option: Allow management of content types

- Added a new column to this library named: Responsibilities and set the data type to Person or Group

- Clicked the Document Content Type and selected Document Information Panel settings

- Clicked Create a new custom template

- Reviewed the data source

p:properties

:documentManagement

ns2:Responsibilities

UserInfo

DisplayName

AccountId

AccountType

This is the only way I have got the ContactSelector to link up with the Active Directory. The problem is that everything except for the ns2:Responsibilities field is locked, so I cant add any controls to the form properly (i.e. they are on the form but you cannot edit anything about them nor are they listed in the Data Source). I tried setting editable's value to full in manifest.xsf but that did nothing.

I just want the Contact Selector, which accesses the Active Directory, to sit within a form.

Any help is appreciated.