https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/45.aspxenCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/45470.aspxWed, 05 Aug 2009 19:46:27 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:45470Hilary Stoupa0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/45470.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=45&PostID=45470<p>Hi--</p> <p>According to Patrick Halstead&#39;s <strong><em><u>Developing Solutions with Microsoft InfoPath</u></em></strong>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The order of processing at startup of a form is:</p> <ol> <li> <div>User roles</div></li> <li> <div>Open rules</div></li> <li> <div>OnLoad event handler</div></li> <li> <div>OnSwitchView event handler</div></li></ol></blockquote> <p>From page 322. Now, that was written for 2003, so browser forms weren&#39;t in play, but I&#39;d imaging the processing order is still the same. It should be simple enough to test -- you could add a rule in your open rules to set a fields value, then add a line of code in your loading event to set the same field to a different value -- publish and open your form and see what value you get....</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/45319.aspxMon, 03 Aug 2009 12:25:43 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:45319yuvalgo0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/45319.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=45&PostID=45319<p>hello all,<br />I&nbsp;have a browser enabled form published to form server.<br />in the form tamplate i have some lines of code on the form_<font size="2">Loading event<br />I&nbsp;also&nbsp;have some rules when the form is opening.<br />my question is what comes first?<br /></font>is it the code or the rules? and can i decide the order&nbsp;myself ?<br />thanx in advanced..</p> <p>Yuval.<font size="2"></p></font><font size="2"></font>