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Re: How to close a form with a changed event?

davidlozzi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:23:11 GMT

So, I'm having the same need, and I think i found a work around. The save button that submits my form has code and a rule as well that closes the form. So the form code runs first, then the rules are applied. So on click, the code runs, does some logic then submits it, then the rules run and closes the form.

The issue with this is that if there is an error on the submit, the form still closes and now i'm out of luck. What I did to remedy this was add a hidden field called closeForm, and set the condition of the rule in the save button to check if the closeForm field is not blank, then close the form. By default, this text box will be blank. I set a value in this text box after the submit completes successfully, so the form should only close upon a successful submittal.

I then handle the error and let the end user know. Works pretty darn well!

Re: How to close a form with a changed event?

andyoye — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:40:01 GMT

My form is web based and this.close is not available in VSTA as its compatibility is set to IPFS. any other method to close the form? Thanks

Re: How to close a form with a changed event?

srikrushna — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:38:00 GMT

Hope this works for you this.Close();

Re: How to close a form with a changed event?

ddregs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:37:52 GMT

Thanks Shiva for the tip.

Unfortunately I couldn't find any ReturnStatus properties for the object e, neither in the changed event nor in the submit event.

Could you please advice me where to insert that code line?

Thanks

Re: How to close a form with a changed event?

Shiva — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:01:49 GMT

Hello,

You have to use the below code for close the form.

e.ReturnStatus = false

Otherwise you can close the form from taskpane.

How to close a form with a changed event?

ddregs — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:41:13 GMT

Hi all,

I wrote some code behind a combo-box, in the changed event, where I check the existance of a saved xml and load it if found. I'd like to close the current window , to leave only the found file open.

I tried submitting the active window and in the submit code I used the Application.ActiveWindow.Close(true). But it still doesn't work giving the usual

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
Invalid context for OM call.
at Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust.Window.Close(Boolean fForce)
   at Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust.WindowObjectWrapper.Close(Boolean fForce)
   at Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Internal.WindowHost.Close(Boolean force)
   at PRil.FormCode.FormEvents_Submit(Object sender, SubmitEventArgs e)

I know I cannot execute the Window.Close method at the changed method, but this time I am triggering the submit (via code) and expected it to be run.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help.