InfoPath Dev

Hi All,

I'm stumbling over something quite simple in other programming environments. My question is this: How can I obtain the 'option' in an option/value pair in an InfoPath Drop-Down List Box I call ddlPropertyName?

I know how to get the 'value' for my PropertyNumber text box like so:

Dim nodePropertyName As IXMLDOMNode
nodePropertyName = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:grpPropertyName/my:ddlPropertyName")

If Not nodePropertyName Is Nothing Then
thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode ("/my:myFields/my:txtPropertyNumber").text = nodePropertyName.text
End If


Now, how do I get the displayed 'option'?

thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:txtProperty").text = nodePropertyName.????

Thanks in advance,

Arnold

Getting the Option data if you give values directly to the dropdown is not possible as far as i know. But here is one workaround for your

problem. Create an xml file in the following manner

<SelectOptions>
<Select option = "Option1" value = "value1"></Select>
<Select option = "Option2" value = "value2"></Select>
</SelectOptions>

1. Add this file as a resource file via Tools -> resource files.
2. Then create a data connection to this resource file via Tools -> Data connections.
3. Double click on the dropdown in the view and choose the third option for the listbox entries, choose the data connection that

you just created and set the value and display names correctly. Now the following code should work to get the display name.

//First read the value into a string
IXMLDOMNode nodePropertyName = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:grpPropertyName/my:ddlPropertyName")

string value = null;

If (null != nodePropertyName)
value = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode ("/my:myFields/my:txtPropertyNumber").text = nodePropertyName.text

else
return;

//Now to get the "Option" first get the newXmlFile. ConnectionName is the name that you give while creating the data connection.
IXMLDOMDocument2 xmlDoc= (IXMLDOMDocument2)thisXDocument.GetDOM("ConnectionName");

//Xpath of option in the XML file
string optionXPath = string.format("/SelectOptions/Select[@value = '{0}']/@option", value);

//read the option from xmlfile
string Option = xmlDoc.selectSingleNode(optionXPath).text;


Agni