InfoPath Dev

I have a form that have an identification number. Thet number is an employee code and I have already written a web service that retrieves the employee name. This is the 1st time I work with InfoPath.

I am trying to do a programming interface on the ValidateEvent for the "identificationNumber" field where I need to call the web service and return the name of the employee. I put the employee's name into the "name" field in the form.

Step 1: I click on the "add a web reference". That takes me to the Add Web reference pop-up screen. I locate the the URL (http://localhost:3035/WebServiceTest1/Service.asmx) and then click "add reference" button.

The value "localhost" appears in the reference field even if my web service is "WebServiceTest1". Is this correct? I changed the reference to "WebServiceTest1" which is the actual web service. Is this ok?

Step 2: I now write my code like this.

Imports WebServiceTest1

Public Sub identificationNumber_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As XmlValidatingEventArgs)
Dim MyWebService As New WebServiceTest1.Service
Dim MyString As String
MyString = FormState("_identificationNumber").ToString
MyString = MyWebService.GetEmployeeName(MyString)
FormState("_name") = MyString
End Sub

Does the code seem to be correct? How do I test and execute? Can anyone help? Thank you.

Hi Rolf,

Is your Web service running on your local machine? If so, localhost is correct. However, that won't work when you have to roll it out to a server that you want other people to access.

Why do you need to write code? Just use the Data Connection wizard to add the parameter based on the field in your form.