Data Connections

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

dootndo2 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:48:52 GMT

You can edit the xsn file to change the reference to the data connection file. Just change the path.

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

ruselw — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:07:57 GMT

Data connection files are completely useless. They do give you the ability to update a web service URL without republishing your form. However, they lock you into the location of the data connection library... FOREVER! Just try to update the location where a form references a data connection file. You can't do it. Republishing will not help you here. The only way you can change the location is to delete the connection, add a new one, and rebuild all form logic related to the connection. You can get around this at runtime by using a centrally managed library, but at design time, InfoPath will always look for the file in the original local library where you first referenced it. That means any time you need to update a data connection, maybe to add a field, the original library on the original development box has to be accessible. If the original library is not there, you can trick InfoPath into thinking it is by using the Hosts file. Is it just me, or does this defeat the point of using a config file?

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

jslicer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:39:55 GMT

I really dislike the implication of Step 7.

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

jowardel — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:50:13 GMT

It's been a while since I fixed this, but this is how I went about it:

Created my local InfoPath form.
Created the connections
Made the connections UDCXs
Using advanced options, made them centrally managed UDCXs
Uploaded the UDCXs to central admin's DCL
Uploaded the InfoPath form to Central Admin and activated it to the selected site collection
I don't think the form will be able to contact the UDCX when you're designing it locally, think you have to test it when deployed to sharepoint
There's probably more faffing about than I can remember, but that should in theory work

Hope that helps somewhat.

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

solmaz200 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:30:45 GMT

I have exactly the same problem

my sharepoint server : serverx with the central administration on serverx:8000

my database server (sql server 2005) : servery

I upload udcx file to 'application management > Infopath Forms Services > Manage Data Conecction Files' and check the 'Allow HTTP access to this file'.

I open infopath and i go to Tools > DataConnections then i add 'http:serverx:8000' for searching udcx file but this message is show :

No data connection libraries were found on the specified site.

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

pnewhook — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:25:01 GMT

I'm curious if this was ever remedied? I am having a similar problem. I've got a .udcx file at

Central Administration > Application Management > Manage Data Connection Files and I can't seem to reference it. When i look for it in InfoPath i can only navigate to the //server:27661/ site which doesn't have the Data Connection Library.

If i try to convert an existing data connection to a centrally managed data connection i run into the same problem.

Thanks for your time.

Re: How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

Clay Fox — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:03:23 GMT

Is the data connection library at this top level? Can you see it in SharePoint?

You should be able to browse but would need to navigate to the correct level.

How to Add a Centrally Managed Data Connection?

jowardel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:35:41 GMT

Hi,

I have uploaded a data connection file (UDCX) to my sharepoint server's Central Admin using STSADM.

However, in the InfoPath form designer when I go to Data Connections >> Add >> Search for connections on MOSS >> http://MossServer:8000 no data connection files are found.

Am I missing something? How do you reference a centrally managed data connection file?

Many thanks