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You shouldn't need a rule to tell it to query after opening.  It should automatically query the DB and any other data connection automatically upon opening it.  Did you not check that box on your data connection maybe?  I don't use IP2003, so it's possible that it's just different.

Thank you Shiva and Swathip, I have added the Display Name to the Web Service, so both the LocationID and Location appear as fields in the main data source. However, I'm still unclear about how to add the rule to the LocationID so that the new form field Location gets populated. This is what Swathip said - You have to add the rule on ID ...

I'm afraid I can't see any message there.

IP 2003 has the ability to save templates as source files.  It is in the File menu of Design mode.  You can also extract the file from Windows explorer by changing the file's extension to .CAB  Please try the attached form.  It has the rule you described.

Thanks a lot for replying. I got it done. I created a form and then opened Tools-->Forms Options-->Open and Save. I added a rule to query database. Thanks a lot again.

Hi, I have an infopath form (version 2007) and trying to create a custom taskpane. I have set the form options to use a.htm file that contains some javascript in it. Can any one please let me know how to access the infopath data from the javascript in htm file? I tried the code suggested by the infopath 2003 object model ( ...

Thanks for the replies! After a little research I found that in the Infopath 2007 object model the XDocument class was renamed to the XmlForm class. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb643160.aspx I will have to access Me.Application.XmlForm.Item(0) to get a reference to XDocument (in 2003 version)

Interesting, I never use the actual "Submit" function but rather the "Rules and Custom Code" then re-label the button as "Submit," so I've never noticed this discrepancy...

Grobinson, Since the vast majority of my forms are browser-enabled, and since both the "Cannot be Blank" and Data Validation messages are extremely annoying in browser mode, I don't use either.  What I use is a back-end validation method that uses conditional formatting to disable my submit button until all required fields are ...

Thank you!  There is a difference in actions on the submit button and the tools>submit options.  It appears to work in my simple, dummy form, now I will try and add it to our work form, which is a more complex (more rules, options, etc.) Thank you for all of your help.