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June 3, 2010 at 06:46 AM
burnell3670

XML Data capture for Infopath fields

by burnell3670 . Updated 16 years, 1 month ago

I have a problem that i have been dealing with for several days…….

Created an ASP script file that takes a variable (user ID) and queries database. If the variable is not specified as a querystring variable (at the end of the URL) then it uses the person?s user id (their network login) that is requesting the URL. A record set is returned from the database as an XML file. This works. Technically, this is not a web service. Functionally, it behaves sort of like a web service. Anyway by simply putting it in the address bar, it works!!

OKay i created a secondary connection in the infopath form thinking i could capture those two data sets and bind them to two fields in my form. I thought using the “XML document” for receiving data, it would work……. and it does sort of. I did the binding for the fields…. it worked BUT regardless of whoever opens this published form up, it ALWAYS shows my info in these two fields….. i dont understand this……. SO i tried the web service…. but got an error because like i said this is not a web service……..

my question is

1.) What “receiving ” method do i use?

2.) How do I capture the two fields from the ASP script – XML and bind them two the fields in the form?. And it not be mine info all the time.

I figure on the OnLoad event but my code is not strong. the ASP URL is this: http://dascprd.intranet.dow.com/ebid/services/ebid_name_sup_service.asp

this script brings back the info i need in a XML file……. I just need to take that info out of the XML file (supervisorID, supervisorName):


U405638
Norris, Chris B
U249533
Dolder, Sean C

and bind it to the supervisor ID and Supervisor Name fields of the form……

Please help, been working on this for several days now…..

thank you

chris

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