Newbie Question - Template Parts

[erin.sebastian]

Hello All,
I am brand new to InfoPath and I have a question about something I read
on the microsoft information page. I am reading an article on Template
parts and i noticed that Data connections that submit data is a feature
that is not supported with Template Parts. This sounds like a silly
question but i want to verify that this means that you cannot create a
template part that will take information from a user and insert it into
the database or whatever datasource you are using? So you can only
display information in a template part???
Thanks

 

[Lori]

Hm. New to InfoPath myself and don’t know what you mean by “template partsâ€.

You can submit data to a database if you design a form based on a database
connection. Make sure you have all the latest Service Paks (SP). Search the
help for “Design a form based on a database.†After the connection is
established, you should have a blank form with two boxes, 1 that says Enter
Query and another that says Enter Data or some such phrase. In the Data
Source pane you will have two folders for fields: Drag the Query ones to the
Query box on the form and Data to the Data.

If it’s a simple adding of data, you have to click on the “New Recordâ€
button or “Insert†first before you can enter data in your controls that will
be excepted, then click submit after. Grrr. MS Developers.

Hope that helps some
~Lori

 

[steve]

pretty cool - i just tried out the example - it 'works', but the the
web service always returns N/A for the Open field. but if you drag
other fields, such as Business, it returns meaningful values.

thanks

steve