InfoPath & Visual Studio

[Bernhard]

Hello Group,

I'm a bit confused because there exist so much Tool and possibilities
to access infopath from visual studio.

I'm using VS2005, InfoPath 2003 and Sharepoint 2003 Services.
What is the correct way do develop in C# - Tools 2003??

Another question concerning a problem i have (I'm absolutely new to
this domain).
I've an existing form and on finish the user saves the form. Now I
wand onsave also create a csv Export for another application. What is
the best way to do this? With Web-Service or scription or what else.

Please be so kind and give me an answer
thanks
bernhard

 

[Ben Walters]

Hey Bernhard,
Lets look at your first question regarding how to access the code behind
functions in InfoPath 2003

When InfoPath 2003 was first released it only supported users writing VB
script or Java script to code additional functionality, later on MS released
Service Pack 1 which also added support for creating managed code to be
included with your form. As a result of this to write code for an InfoPath
2003 form you are required to have either Visual Studio 2003 + InfoPath
toolkit or Visual Studio 2005/Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)

In regard to your second question there are a number of ways to save your
form to CSV but he easiest would probably be through code. I would suggest
adding a button to your form add code behind that button to perform the save
and CSV export.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Ben Walters

 

[Bernhard]

Hi Ben,

thanks - great answer. The history of programming ressources is the
interesting part for me because in the internet there are various ways
described and you
gave me an historic overview with your post.

VS2005 & VSTO will be my way.

Thanks
bernhard