Extracting InfoPath forms from a SharePoint Forms Library

[junglesnake]

Hi,
We have an InfoPath form published to a SharePoint Forms Library. We
have about 200 forms in the form library now. I would like to be able
to copy the forms out of sharepoint somehow. Is there an easy way to
access the xml form files so I can copy them to my local computer and
manipulate them i.e., extract data.
Thanks,
Shary

 

[Scott L. Heim [MSFT]]

Hi Shary,

If you navigate to your Sharepoint library, you should be able to get to an
"Explorer" view of the forms folder. Once there, you can simply select all
the forms and copy them to a folder on your machine.

However, this may not be the best option depending on what it is you will
be doing - can you shed some light on your reasons for needing to do this?

Best Regards,

Scott L. Heim
Microsoft Developer Support

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[junglesnake]

I need to query each form's xml, extract out certain values and upload
to a database. Is it possible to have a webservice that can watch the
Form Library for new forms, and as soon as a new form appears, it can
extract the values from the form?

thanks.
Shary

 

[Scott L. Heim [MSFT]]

Hi Shary,

That may be possible - I have not seen something like that before though.
However, for future reference you may want to redesign the InfoPath
application such that it executes 2 submits: one for data to SQL Server and
the other for the form to Sharepoint. This may alleviate this need in the
future.

Scott L. Heim
Microsoft Developer Support

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