Data Connections

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

Hilary Stoupa — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:10:56 GMT

Note the end of the tag? /> -- it is closed.

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

kclark — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:54:08 GMT

I only see one here <xsd: anyAttribute>

<xsd:anyAttribute processContents="lax" namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"/>

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

Hilary Stoupa — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:51:17 GMT

Hi -- I'm a bit confused by what you mean by an "end tag"? Where do see one missing?

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

kclark — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:36:33 GMT

Hi I am new...I don't readily understand. I see the node but isn't there supposed to be an end tag???

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

Hilary Stoupa — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:29:14 GMT

It is feasible -- Jimmy's post above has the gist of the matter. You'll need to do the following:

Save your form as source files
Find the main schema (.xsd) file for the form (default is 'myschema.xsd')
Modify the schema to include an xsd:any node where you want to be able to add elements
Open the manifest.xsf in design mode and 'Save As' to repack your template

One way to get a feel for the schema structure would be to create a blank form, add some fields to it, save as source files, and look at the schema. Compare that to your schema, and see the difference. For example, myschema.xsd when the schema is created in the form looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<xsd:schema targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-10-29T14:17:07" xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-10-29T14:17:07" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

<xsd:element name="myFields">

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element ref="my:field1" minOccurs="0"/>

<xsd:element ref="my:field2" minOccurs="0"/>

<xsd:element ref="my:field3" minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:sequence>

<xsd:anyAttribute processContents="lax" namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"/>

</xsd:complexType>

</xsd:element>

<xsd:element name="field1" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="field2" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="field3" type="xsd:string"/>

</xsd:schema>

You can see where the xsd:anyAttribute node has been added.

Do make sure you keep a backup copy of your form before modifying template files -- better safe than sorry!

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

mcs2008 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:46:31 GMT

Hi!

Thanks for your response. Actually, I am talking about my "main" data source which is locked. Somedoby else coded this application that I now "inherited" and I am trying to unlock the data source to add fields.

Do you know if this is feasible?

Thank you!

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

chandrakanth — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:51:27 GMT

Hi,

You cannot do any modifications in the secondary data source schema . So for modifing the secondary data source schema you need to modify the xsd of the corresponding schema .

Re: How to "Unlock" a Data source?

Jimmy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:18:52 GMT

Are you talking about creating a main data source from an existing schema? If so, you'll need to insert an <xsd:any> node into the appropriate place in the schema.

I don't think you can use the InfoPath designer to modify the schemas of secondary data sources, if that's what you're asking about.

How to "Unlock" a Data source?

mcs2008 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:46:33 GMT

Hi!

I encountered a problem trying to add fields to an existing data source. Somehow, this particular data source and its corresponding fields are "locked". Consequently, InfoPath would not let me make any modifications to the data source.

Does anybody know how to "unlock" a data source?

Thanks in advance for your help!