InfoPath Dev

  to get the file name of an existing form would be so much helpful!!!!! the complete scenario:- user A opened my application, now he got a New instance (new instance means: that it still doesnt have a filename) of a given form-template (lets say STATUS REPORT), he is filling it out, finshed, now its time to submit the ...

Thanks for ur reply :) ok, its a good way i have already applied it, but i have one more question,  for my application, users are able to design a  form and publish it to forms server, and plus they will fill the forms displayed on web browser, they have much interference to the system.... i'm asking for a way to get the file name ...

hi nukkumatti i followed the way you posted for auto naming!!!!! but i keep get an error saying "an error ocurred while the form was being submitted"!!!!! whenever i click on submit button i get that error, and when i click Save button, still it prompts me to provide FILE NAEM can u help?? thanks Osama Momani .    

hi radovan, i'm facing the same problem, did u find a solution??? if yes plz tell me!!! thanks, Osama Momani

Hi all, how to generate a file name automatically?? my case in details:- I design form-template in InfoPath and publish it to FormsServer (a service in SharePoint) and then i have a XmlFormView control in my ASPX page which renders an instance of the template already designed and published, the user in my application then fill out this form and ...

Hi.... ok, u know that an InfoPath form is .xml file, and it contains xml nodes (which are data Fields).. these data fields or xml nodes have names like field1, field2, field3 and so on.. what i'm searching for is how could i read the xml file and get all xml nodes and get their names (field1, field2, ..)? i want to do that ...

Hey all, i wonder if anyone can help! i want to read XML infopath file programmatically!! how? thanks, Osama Momani. omomani@esensesoftware.com  

Thank you for ur fast reply, actually, i found a way doing that! you can invoke the function Dialog_save('StrFileName') this function will save the form in sharepoint by the name StrFileName!! Dialog_save is an already present function! it is included in Core.js file that comes with Sharepoint. so, first you should add a reference ...

Hi Mr. Collins. i wanna ask if there is an API for MS Forms Server that i can use? i'm embedding an infopath form in ASPX page, it is going alright, but i got a problem that when the form is saved it prompts the user to specify a name for the infopath file! after a user saves a file, how would i know the file name so that i render it again ...