Data connection Wizard?

[Max001]

I am doing a Microsoft office online training from URL:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011199501033.aspx
and I am trying to the following steps after opening the Northwind Sample
database:


On the File menu, click Design a Form.
In the Design a Form task pane, click New from Data Connection.
On the first page of the Data Connection Wizard, click Database (Microsoft
SQL Server or Microsoft Office Access only), and then click Next.
On the next page of the wizard, click Select Database.
In the Select Data Source dialog box, browse to the Northwind sample
database on your computer, and then double-click the database.
The default location of the database is <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\SAMPLES.

Under Name in the Select Table dialog box, click the Suppliers table, and
then click OK.


I do know where to click on to create a design form.
But I cannot find the file menu or the Data Connection wizard..

thanks

 

[Franck Dauché]

Hi,

Where you open your InfoPAth program, you should see a "Fill Out a Form"
screen. Pick "Design a form" in the bottom left corner of that screen.
Now, in the taskpane, select the second entry from the top (on the far left
column): New from Data Connection.
You will now see the wizard to get connected to a SQL Server or Access DB.

Good luck.

Franck Dauché

 

[Max001]

Thanks Franck for the reply,

But I am still confused. The only program that I am working with is the
Northwind database. When u say to open my infopath program that is where I do
not know what to open or what you mean. The only thing I know is to open the
Northwind DB and click on forms and click on Design a form. There is nothing
that I see to get the data connection wizard going. I have tried to click on
file > new > open a blank data access page and I can see the data connection
wizard. But then when I click on next, it is asking me to type in a server
name. What server name? Do they mean Northwind Database?

Thanks,

Max001

 

[Franck Dauché]

Hi Max001,

The article you are refering to is on how to link an Access Database to MS
InfoPath 2003, part of the Office suite. You want to check if you have that
program on your machine. To learn more about that product, you may want to
start here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/infopath/prodinfo/default.mspx

Regards,

Franck Dauché