Displaying a pre-populated form to the user

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Subir - 07 Feb 2006 21:16 GMT

Hi,
I am working on an application that has the following workflow:
1. A web service gets a request for an order.
2. The web service stores the order detaails details in an xml. There is a
schema for the xml.
At this point I have to populate (or create?) an InfoPath form with details
about the order. Then I have to send the updated form to a Sharepoint site
under a user's task list.
The user should be able to view the order details and submit the form for
further processing.
Any samples/ideas how I can do the InfoPath related activities?

Thanks,
Subir

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Adam Harding - 14 Feb 2006 10:28 GMT

Subir

How about an infopath form that uses the web service as a secondary data
source. You have a query view that uses a unique identifier for the order on
the web service as its search. That then pulls in all the other fields from
the web service displaying them filtered by the correct Unique reference
number.

The only problem doing it from XML is that the data connections are meant to
be the permanent sources for the form so each new xml document would have to
be added as a data source.

I think the best way would be to tap into the web service as that is the
fixed point to pull the data back from.

Cheers Adam

That way you get a permanent

> Hi,
> I am working on an application that has the following workflow:
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> Thanks,
> Subir

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