InfoPath Dev

 troy you should be able to create a data connection to the web service, then bind the value returned by that web service to a control (textbox, etc). you can either do it with a rule that sets the value of a control or you can bind certain controls right to the data connection. The link I posted earlier explains how to use the rules to set ...

We had to do this as well. As I recall, we just opened the udcx files in visual studio and did it manually. It's a pain making the transfer, but once we got the hang of it, it went quick. We actually ended up just storing all of our connection files online from there after because it was so much easier. I'll do a bit of digging and see if ...

If you're publishing the form to a sharepoint server that is located on a different box, you'll need to publish the connection to the sharepoint server as well. You basically create the connection file, upload it to sharepoint, then go into the infopath form and point the form to the stored connection file. I'll try to get a tutorial ...

  You can use web services for many different reasons, but the most common is probably when you need to query data based on a given parameter.  Infopath has a fairly good means of sending emails as it is, especially if you get the iLoveSharepoint addon at codeplex (http://www.codeplex.ccom/) for your sharepoint server.  As a ...