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InfoPath Forms Services 2010

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Table of Contents

Lab Environment................................................................................................................................................................ 1

Lab Overview........................................................................................................................................................................2

Exercise 1: InfoPath Forms for Process Management........................................................................................3

Exercise 2: Forms as Sandboxed Solution.............................................................................................................26

Exercise 3: SharePoint data To and From InfoPath Forms............................................................................31

Exercise 4: InfoPath Forms to Read and Write to Line of Business (LOB) Systems...........................46

Appendix.............................................................................................................................................................................. 55


InfoPath Forms Services 2010- Appendix

Lab EnvironmentDuring this lab, you will work in a simulated environment with the following computers or virtual machines.

Computers and Virtual Machines Used in This Lab

Icon Computer Name Description

DEMO2010AThis computer is configured as a stand-alone server running Windows Server 2008 with SharePoint Server 2010, SQL Server and Visual Studio 2010

Logon Credentials

The lab environment might require you to log on to the Hands-on Lab Environment using the following credentials, unless specified differently throughout the lab manual.

Username PasswordAdministrator pass@word1

AdventureWorks Database

The AdventureWorks database is a set of sample databases that are currently available for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The AdventureWorks sample database installer is located on the DEMO2010A virtual machine at C:\AdventureWorksDB\AdventureWorks2008R2_RTM.exe and the instructions can be found in the Appendix of this document.

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Lab OverviewAbstract

InfoPath Forms Services is a server technology that makes it possible for users to fill out forms in a Web browser. By managing forms in a central location, you can streamline business processes. Users don't have to have InfoPath installed on their computer to fill out a browser-enabled form template, nor are they required to download anything extra from the Web. All they need is access to a browser, such as Windows Internet Explorer.

During this lab, you will perform several exercises to achieve a better understanding of the capabilities and functionality of InfoPath 2010 and InfoPath Forms Services 2010 in SharePoint 2010.

You will start by creating a process management application to help you understand InfoPath forms and InfoPath Forms Services.. You will then add .NET code within the InfoPath form to add additional functionality and learn how to publish forms to SharePoint without an administrator's assistance. You will also learn how to send and receive SharePoint data from an InfoPath form.

By the end of this lab you will have created forms that interact with other Line of Business systems.

Learning Objectives

After completing the exercises in this lab, you will be able to:

Create forms-based applications to manage business processes.

Add custom .NET code to forms and publish them as sandboxed solutions.

Create InfoPath forms to read and write SharePoint data.

Create InfoPath forms to access information from other line of business applications and systems.

Estimated time to complete this lab: 90 minutes



Exercise 1: InfoPath Forms for Process ManagementScenarioIn this exercise you will learn the basics of creating an InfoPath form. You will create an InfoPath forms-based application to manage the expense reimbursement process. You will learn about the opportunities for integration between SharePoint and InfoPath and learn how to publish browser-enabled forms. You will also learn how to configure out-of-the-box SharePoint workflows to run on any submitted form and how to route forms through an approval process.

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

Create InfoPath forms

Publish InfoPath forms as Content types and as templates

Publish browser-enabled InfoPath forms

Attach workflows to a forms library to initiate a workflow process on new forms

Task Detailed Steps

Complete these steps by connecting to the computer Demo2010a.

Create a new InfoPath Form

1. Click Start | All Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft InfoPath Designer

2010 Designer menu.



Task Detailed Steps

2. On the File tab, click New.

3. Under Available Form Templates, select Blank Form.

4. Click Design Form.

5. On the Insert tab on the ribbon, click Custom Table, and then click Layout

table.



Task Detailed Steps

6. In the Insert Table dialog box, set the following:

Number of columns: 2

Number of rows: 2

7. Click OK.

Design the Form by adding controls

8. On the ribbon, click the Home tab.

9. You will see a section called Controls:

10. In the following steps, you will add controls to the design canvas to create the

form. The following image shows the layout of the form that will be created.



Task Detailed Steps

11. Add the Employee Name field as follows:

a. On the Controls toolbar, click Text Box to add a Text Box control to

the designer.

b. Right-click on the Text Box and click Text Box Properties.

c. On the Data tab, set the Field name to EmployeeName.

d. Click OK.



Task Detailed Steps

12. Add the Expense Period as follows:

a. Add a From date: On the Controls toolbar, click Date Picker. This will

add a date picker to the designer.

Right-click the control and click Date Picker Properties.

On the Data tab, set the Field Name to ExpensePeriodFrom.



Task Detailed Steps

b. Add a To date: On the Controls toolbar, click Date Picker. This will add

a date picker to the designer.

Right-click the control and click Date Picker Properties.

Under Data tab, set the Field Name to ExpensePeriodTo.

13. Add the Business Purpose field as follows:


the designer.

b. Right-click the Text Box and click Text Box Properties.

c. On the Data tab, set the Field Name to BusinessPurpose.

d. On the Display tab, check Multi-line.

e. Click OK.

14. Add a table for entering the Itemized Expense as follows:

a. On the Controls toolbar, click Repeating Table.



Task Detailed Steps

b. Set the Number of Columns to 5.

c. In the Task pane, you will see a nested group element has been

added:

d. Right-click on each of the elements and go to their respective

Properties.

e. Change their names as follows:

15. In the designer, right-click the ExpenseDate, click Change Control, and then

click Date Picker. You just changed the Text Box control to a Date Picker

control:



Task Detailed Steps

16. Similarly, in the designer, right-click ExpenseCategory, click Change Control,

and then click Drop-Down List Box. You just changed the text box to a drop-

down list box:

17. Right-click on the ExpenseCategory again, and click Drop-Down List Box

properties.

18. In List box choices section, select Enter Choices Manually.

19. Click Add.

20. Type Air Fare (Note: Typing a Value will also populate the Display name).



Task Detailed Steps

21. Click OK.

22. Similarly add additional items for ExpenseCategory as follows:

23. Right-click on the ExpenseAmount field.

a. Click Text Box Properties.

b. From the Data type drop-down list, select the Decimal (double) Data

type:



Task Detailed Steps

c. Click OK.

24. Create the Expense Total field as follows:


the designer.

b. Right-click the Text Box and click Text Box Properties.

c. On the Data tab, set the Field Name to ExpenseTotal.

d. Click OK.

25. Click the Save button and save the form to your local disk as

ExpenseReimbursement.xsn

NOTE: The steps 26 to 35 are Optional

Calculate the total for the itemized expenses

26. Right-click the ExpenseTotal field.

27. Click Text Box Properties.

28. Click the fx button next to Value:



Task Detailed Steps

29. Click the Insert Function button:

30. From the list of Categories, select Math.

31. From the list of Functions, select Sum:



Task Detailed Steps32. Click OK.

33. Back in the Insert Formula dialog box, double-click double click to insert field:

34. Expand ItemizedExpenses, expand ExpenseRows, and select ExpenseAmount.

35. Click OK on all open dialog boxes to complete this step.

Retrieve the name of the employee filling out the form

36. Right-click on the EmployeeName Text Box and click Text Box Properties

37. Click the fx button next to value.

38. Click the Insert Function button.

39. From the list of categories, select User.

40. From the list of functions, select userName:

41. Click OK on all open dialog boxes to complete this step.


Add additional formatting and validation

42. The Employee Name field should be a read-only field. To make it read only,



Task Detailed Stepsright-click the EmployeeName text box and click Text Box Properties.

43. On the Display tab, select Read-only, and then click OK:

44. The Amount and Total Amount fields should be right-aligned. To do so, Right-

click on the ExpenseAmount TextBox control and click Text Box Properties.

45. On the Display tab set Alignment to Right.

46. Repeat the steps 37 and 38 for the ExpenseTotal TextBox.

47. Set the ExpenseTotal Textbox to Read-Only:

Create a new forms

library where the

48. Open an Internet Explorer browser window and browse to



Task Detailed Stepsforms can be

submitted to

http://intranet.contoso.com/.

49. On the Site Actions menu, click More Options.

50. Select Form Library from the list of available templates.

51. Type Expense Reports as the name of the Forms library.

52. Click Create to create the Forms library:

Create Submit rules 53. On the ribbon, click the Home tab.

54. From the Controls select Button and add a button to the form:

55. Right-click the button and click Button Properties.

56. Change the text to Submit.

57. Click OK.



Task Detailed Steps

58. With the Submit button still selected, click Manage Rules from the ribbon

(Note: You will find this under Home tab):

59. In the Rules task pane, click New and select Action.

60. Type Submit Form as the name of the action.

61. Under Run these Actions, select Submit Data.

62. In the Rule details dialog box, click Add.

63. Select Create a New Connection to submit data. Click Next.

64. Select the option: To a document library on SharePoint site. Click Next.

65. Type the full path of the Forms library that you created previously

(http://intranet.contoso.com/Expense Reports/).

66. Click the fx button. Click Insert Field or Group.

67. In the Formula area, type: concat(EmployeeName, "-", today())

This will create a unique name for the submitted form:



Task Detailed Steps

68. Click OK.

69. Click Next.

70. Click Finish.

71. Click OK.

72. In the Rule task pane, click New and select Action.

73. Type Close Form as the name of the action.

74. Under Run these Actions, select Close the Form.

75. Click OK.

Promote the

InfoPath form fields

as SharePoint

metadata

Property promotion

enables SharePoint

to extract and store

the values of the

InfoPath form fields

as list item

metadata

This enables users to

sort or filter a list

based on the values

in the InfoPath form.

You can also use

these properties to

create list views.

76. On the Ribbon, click the File tab.

77. Select Info.

78. Click Advanced Form Options.

79. In the Form Options dialog box, choose Property Promotion.

80. Click Add.

81. Select EmployeeName, ExpenseTotal, ExpensePeriodFrom and

ExpensePeriodTo to the list of properties to be promoted.

82. Click OK.


http://intranet.contoso.com/hr/Expense%20Reports/


Task Detailed StepsPublish the form as a

form template

There are three ways

a form can be

published: as a form

template for a

library, as a Content

Type, and as an

administrator-

approved form.

83. On the ribbon, click the File tab.

84. Click Publish.

85. Click SharePoint Server.

86. Type the location of the SharePoint site (Ex: http://intranet.contoso.com/)

87. Select Enable this form to be filled out by using a browser, and select Form

Library, and then click Next:

88. Select Update the form template in an Existing Form Library, and then select

the Expense Reports library that you had already created.

89. Click Next.

90. Click Next.

91. Click Publish.

92. Click the Save icon to save the form.

Review and test the

deployed form

93. Open a Internet Explorer browser window and browse to

http://intranet.contoso.com/expense reports

94. Click Add a new Item. The InfoPath Form will open in the browser.

95. Fill out the form and click the Submit button. The contents of the form will be

submitted to the Forms library.


Publish the form as a

Content Type

A site content type

allows a form to be

96. Go back to the ExpenseReimbusement.xsn form in InfoPath designer

97. Delete the Submit button. (Select the Submit button, and press DELETE)

98. On the File tab, click Info, and then click Advanced form Options.

99. Select Web Browser under the list of Categories.


http://intranet.contoso.com/HR


Task Detailed Stepsused in multiple

libraries and sites.

Publishing an

InfoPath form as a

content type enables

the form to be used

throughout the site

collection.

100. Make sure the Show InfoPath Commands in Ribbon or toolbar is checked.

101. Under Show the following commands:, uncheck all options except Save and

Close.

102. Click OK.

103. Click the save icon to save the form:

Publish the form as a Content type.

104. On the ribbon, click the File tab.

105. Click Publish.

106. Click SharePoint Server:

107. Type http://intranet.contoso.com/ as the location of the SharePoint site

collection, and then click Next.

108. Select Enable this form to be filled out by using a browser, select Site Content

Type (advanced), and then click Next:



Task Detailed Steps

109. Select Create a new Content Type, and then click Next:

110. Type Expense Form as the name of the form, and then click Next.

111. You need to store the form in the SharePoint site to make it available as

Content Type. Usually such forms are stored in the Site Assets library. Type in

the full path of the Site Assets library and a name for this Form

Ex: http://intranet.contoso.com/SiteAssets/ExpenseForm.xsn

112. Click Next.

113. Click Publish.

The InfoPath Form has been published as a Content Type and is available to the

entire site collection.

Create a new Library using the form Content Type

114. Open an Internet Explorer browser window and navigate to

http://intranet.contoso.com



Task Detailed Steps115. On the Site Actions menu, click More Actions.

116. From the list of templates, choose Forms Library. Type in a name of Expense

Reports New.

(You are creating a form template named Expense Reports New to differentiate

it from the Expense Report forms library you created in previous steps)

117. Click Create.

118. In the newly created library, on the ribbon, click Library Tools.

119. On the library toolbar, click Library Settings.

120. Click Advanced Settings.

121. Set Allow management of content types to Yes, then click OK:

122. On the Settings page, under Content Types, click Add from existing site

content types:

123. From the list of available content types select the Expense Form content type

and then click Add.

124. Click OK.

125. In the Settings Page, under Content Types, click Form.

126. Click Delete this Content Type.

(Note: You are deleting the default content type and making the Expense

Report Content type the default)

127. Navigate to the newly created Forms library

(http://intranet.contoso.com/expense reports new)

128. Click Add a new Item.

129. Fill out the InfoPath form. On the toolbar, click Save.


http://intranet.contoso.com/

http://intranet.contoso.com/Site%20Assets/ExpenseForm.xsn


Task Detailed StepsNote: You will only be able to save this to the parent forms library


Add workflow capabilities to the form library

130. Navigate to the forms library that you created in the earlier tasks.

(http://intranet.contoso.com/expense reports new)

131. On the ribbon, click List tools.

132. Under List, click Workflow Settings.

133. Click Add a workflow:

134. From the list of available templates, choose the Approval – SharePoint 2010

out-of-the-box workflow:

135. In the Name text box enter Expense Report Approval.

136. Check Start this workflow when the new item is created.

137. Click Next.

138. In the next screen specify other workflow settings like Assigned to (Approver),

Due Date and Duration.



Task Detailed Steps

139. Click Save to finish configuring the workflow.

Review and test the process.

140. Navigate to the Expense Reports New forms library.

141. Click Add document.

142. Fill out the Expense Reports form and save it.

When a new item is added by submitting/saving a new form, the workflow will

start automatically. A task is assigned to the Approver.

143. Click the drop-down list on the newly submitted form.

144. Click Workflows.

145. Notice the instance of the workflow that has initiated:

146. Click In Progress. Check the Tasks and the Workflow History sections. You will



Task Detailed Stepssee that a task has been assigned to a Contoso user seeking approval for the

submitted expense report.



Exercise 2: Forms as Sandboxed SolutionScenarioSandboxed solutions offer a way to build SharePoint applications and deploy them to a site without needing administrative intervention. In this exercise you will re-use the Expense report InfoPath template that you created in exercise 1 and learn to use managed code in your InfoPath form to sort a column in ascending or descending order. You will then learn how to publish the InfoPath form with managed code as a SharePoint sandboxed solution.


Create InfoPath forms that uses managed code.

NOTE: This Exercise is Optional

Task Detailed Steps

Complete these steps by connecting to the computer DEMO2010A.

Select the Programming language.

The programming languages that are supported for the form template are either C# or Visual Basic. This requires that Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) be installed and .Net Programming support for InfoPath be enabled.

1. Right-click the ExpenseReimbursement.xsn , and click Design

2. On the ribbon, click the File tab, and then click Info.

3. In the Advanced Form options section, click Form Options.

4. In the Form Options dialog box, from the list of available categories, select Programming.

5. Select C# as the Form template code language

6. Click the Browse button and choose a project location where you would like to store the project:



Task Detailed Steps

7. Click OK.

Add managed Code to the InfoPath form

The repeating control that we added in the Expense Report form does not have sorting capability. When the form is submitted for review/approval, the ability to sort the submitted expense by date, amount or by category is a “nice to have”. This code sorts the rows based on the Expense Date column in the table, but you can easily modify the code to work with any column.


9. From the Controls select Button, and add a new button control to the form.

10. Move the button to the Date header column of the repeating table.

11. Right-click the button and then click Button Properties.

12. Change the label to Date. Click OK.

13. Right-click the button again, and then click Button Properties.

14. Under Action, select Rules and Custom Code.

15. Click Edit Form Code. This will launch Microsoft Visual Studio for Applications.

16. Copy and paste the below code in the button click event.

C#

// Put the elements from the first column into an array.XPathNavigator root = this.CreateNavigator();

// Create a node iterator which contains only the values that you want to sort.// For this form, the entire table is in "ItemizedExpenses", each row is a "ExpenseRow"// and the rows are "ExpenseDate", "ExpenseCategory" and "MerchantName" respectively.XPathNodeIterator nodeIterator = root.Select("/my:ExpenseFields/my:ItemizedExpenses/my:ExpenseRows/my:ExpenseDate", this.NamespaceManager);

// Create arrays to use for sorting.string[] sortArrayWords = new



Task Detailed Stepsstring[nodeIterator.Count + 1];int[] sortArrayKeys = new int[nodeIterator.Count + 1];int arrayPosition = 1;

// Populate the arrays for sorting.while (nodeIterator.MoveNext()){

// Loop until there are no more elementssortArrayWords[arrayPosition] =

nodeIterator.Current.Value;sortArrayKeys[arrayPosition] = arrayPosition;arrayPosition += 1;

}

// Sort the array.Array.Sort(sortArrayWords, sortArrayKeys);arrayPosition = 0;

// Create new XML to update the table.string newTableXML = "";// Iterate through the sorted array of keys.for (int i = 1; i <= sortArrayWords.Length - 1; i++){

nodeIterator = root.Select("/my:ExpenseFields/my:ItemizedExpenses/my:ExpenseRows", this.NamespaceManager);

// Go to the right position in the table.for (int j = 1; j <= sortArrayKeys[i]; j++){

nodeIterator.MoveNext();}

// Add the row to the XML.newTableXML += nodeIterator.Current.OuterXml;

}

// Set the table to use the new XML.root.SelectSingleNode("/my:ExpenseFields/my:ItemizedExpenses", this.NamespaceManager).InnerXml = newTableXML;

Note: The elements in your InfoPath form should match those in the above code.



Task Detailed Steps

17. Hit the F5 button. You will see a preview instance of InfoPath form.

18. Add some rows to the repeating table, with dates in random order as follows:

19. Click the Date button.

20. The rows will be sorted in ascending order.(Note: This code sorts the contents only in ascending order. You can programmatically create a toggle function to sort the contents in ascending and/or descending orders)



Task Detailed Steps

Before Sorting

After Sorting

21. Close the InfoPath preview.

Test and review 22. Save and close the Visual Studio for Application.

23. Publish the InfoPath form as a form template to a forms library. (Follow the instructions in exercise 1)

24. As you did in the exercise 1, test the published form.



Exercise 3: SharePoint data to and from InfoPath Forms.ScenarioIn this exercise you will learn how to display the SharePoint list data in InfoPath forms. You will explore the ability to extend or enhance the forms used by SharePoint lists for creating, editing, or displaying the list items. You will also learn to modify the list forms layouts and to set validation rules using no code. Finally, you will use the one-click publishing capability to publish the forms.


Customize the SharePoint list data entry screen.

Use InfoPath forms to read SharePoint list data.

Use InfoPath forms to write back data to a SharePoint list.

Create simple data validations in the SharePoint list data entry screen.

Task Detailed Steps


Create the Categories SharePoint list.

1. Open an Internet Explorer browser window and browse to http://intranet.contoso.com


3. Choose List from the left panel, and then select Custom List.

4. Type Categories as the list name, and click the Create button.

5. Navigate to the Categories list.

6. On the ribbon, click the List Tools and then click List.

7. Click Create Column:



Task Detailed Steps8. Create a column named Category of type Text.

9. Click List Settings.


11. Set Allow Management of Content Types to Yes:

12. Click OK.

13. Under Content Types, click Item:

14. Under Columns, click Title.

15. Under Column settings, select Hidden, and then click OK:

16. Navigate back to the Categories list.

17. Click Add a new Item, and add the following items one-by-one:

Auto

Apparel

Electronics

Sports

Create the Products 18. Browse to the root site at http://intranet.contoso.com



Task Detailed StepsSharePoint list.


20. Choose List from the left panel, and select Custom List.

21. Type Products as the list name, and click the Create button

22. Navigate to the Products List.



25. Set Allow Management of Content Types to Yes, and click OK.

26. Under Content Types, click Item.


28. Under Column settings, select Hidden. Click OK.

29. Create a new column, Product, with the following specifications:

a. Type: Single line of Text.

b. Require that this column contains Information: Yes

c. Maximum number of characters: 50

30. Create a new column, Category, with the following specifications:

a. Type: Lookup (information already on the site)

b. Get Information From: Select Categories

c. In this Column: Select Category

31. Create a new column, Product Price with the following specifications:

a. Type: Currency


c. Currency Format: US Dollars

32. Navigate to Products list.

33. Click Add a new Item, and add some products in each category as follows:



Task Detailed Steps

Create the Orders SharePoint list.

34. From Site Actions, Click More Options.

35. Choose List from the left panel, and select Custom List.

36. Type Orders as the list name, and click the Create button.

37. Navigate to the Orders List.


39. Under columns, select Title.

40. Make the Title field not a required field by setting Require that this column contains Information to No.


42. Set Allow Management of Content Types to Yes, and then click OK.

43. Under Content Types, click Item.


45. Under Column settings, select Hidden. Click OK.

46. Create a new column, Customer, with the following specifications:

a. Type: Single line of Text


c. Maximum number of characters: 50

47. Create a new column, Category with the following specifications:


b. Get Information From: Select Categories

c. In this Column: Select Category



Task Detailed Steps48. Create a new column, Product with the following specifications:


b. Get Information From: Select Products

c. In this Column: Select Product

49. Create a new column, Order Quantity, with the following specifications:

a. Type: Number


c. Number of decimal places: 0

50. Create a new column, Order Price, with the following specifications:

a. Type: Currency


51. Create a new column, Total Price, with the following specifications:

a. Type: Currency


Design the "New Item" form for the Orders list

In earlier versions of SharePoint, list forms were regular ASP.NET pages making it challenging to add custom business rules to validate the data entered. One such example is the need to filter the items in a drop-down list based on a selected item in another drop-down list.

For example, in this scenario one would like to display the list of products for a

52. Navigate to the Orders List.

53. Click Add a new Item.

54. Type a customer name (Ex: Fabrikam)

55. Select Sports from the Category drop-down list.

56. Click the drop-down list for Products. Ideally, one would expect to see the products that belong to Sports category. However, all products from all categories are displayed in the drop-down list.



Task Detailed Stepsselected category only. With InfoPath this is possible without having to write a single line of code.

In the following steps, you will customize this InfoPath form and add rules to display only the products belonging to the selected category.

57. Click Cancel to close the form without saving the data.

Customize the list data entry InfoPath form

58. Navigate to the Orders list.

59. On the ribbon, click List Tools, and then click List.

60. Click Customize Form:

61. The list data entry InfoPath form will open in design mode.

62. On the Fields Task Pane on the left, click Show advanced view.

63. Click the drop-down list under Fields. You will see that apart from the Main data connection, there are two other connections - Products (Secondary) and Categories (Secondary). These are the data connections to the Products and Categories lists respectively:

64. Select Products, and expand all the elements underneath. You will see that the data connection only retrieves Product Name and ID:

Create Data Connection

65. On the ribbon, select the Data tab.



Task Detailed Steps

In this step, you will create a new data connection to a products list to retrieve products as well as categories. That way, you can match the products to the categories.

66. Click Data Connection, and then click Add.

67. Select Create a new Connection to: and select Receive Data, then click Next.

68. Select SharePoint library or list.

69. Enter the location of your SharePoint site hosting the Orders, Products and Categories tables (http://intranet.contoso.com/). Click Next.

70. From Select a list or library, click Products, and then click Next.

71. Select Product Name, Category and Product Price.

72. Select Sort By: ID.

73. Select Sort Order: Ascending:

Click Next.

74. Click Next.

75. Type Products_New as the name of this data connection. Check the option Automatically retrieve the data when form is opened, and then click Finish.

76. Click Close to close the Data Connections dialog box.

77. Right-click the Product drop-down list

78. For Data Source, Select Product_New. (Here you are changing the existing data connection to the newly created data connection)

79. Click the button ( ) next to Entries field.

80. Click Filter Data.



Task Detailed Steps

Create a filter to show all Products whose respective Category matches the Category that the user selects in the Form

81. In the Filter Data dialog box, click Add. (This is to add a new filter condition)

82. In the first drop-down list, choose Select a field or group.

83. In the Select a field or group dialog box, select Products_New as Data source

84. Expand myFields, and then expand all elements under dataFields.

85. Select Category:

86. Click OK.

87. In the Filter Conditions dialog box, select is equal to as follows:

88. Select the third drop-down list, and click Select a field or group

89. Select Main from the drop-down list.

90. Expand myFields, and then expand all elements under dataFields.

91. Select Category:



Task Detailed Steps

Click OK.

92. Click OK on all the dialog boxes till you are back to the drop-down list Properties dialog box.

93. Click the button ( ) next to Value field, and then select ID.

94. Click the button ( ) next to Display name field, and then select Product Name.

95. Click OK.

Preview & test the data filtering.

96. Click the Preview button. The InfoPath form will open in preview mode.



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97. Select a Category (Ex: Sports). Now click the drop-down list for Products. You will see only the products that match the selected category.

98. Close the form preview.

99. On the ribbon, select Home tab.

100. Select the Category drop-down list.

101. Click Manage Rules. The Rules pane will be displayed on the right.

102. Click New and select Action:



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103. Type Clear Product List as the name for this rule and press the TAB key.

104. Leave the Rule Type as Action:

105. Click the Add button next to Run these actions* label

106. Select Set a field's value:



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107. In The Rule Details dialog box, Click the button ( ) next to Field.

108. Select Product from the list:

Click OK.

109. Leave the Value blank (By setting the Product field to blank, we are clearing the product list before the list is re-populated again), and then click OK.

Fetch the pricing information

In this step, you are fetching the price of the selected product from the Products list. Price of products can change frequently. For orders management, you need to capture

110. In the InfoPath designer, right-click Order Price field.

111. Click Text Box Properties.

112. Click the Display tab.

113. Check Read-Only:(The price cannot be changed by the user filling out the form. The price is for display only)



Task Detailed Stepsthe correct price when the order was placed.

114. Click the Data tab.

115. Click the (fx) button

116. Click Insert Field or Group…

117. Click Show Advanced View.

118. Select Products_New (Secondary) from the drop-down list.

119. Expand all elements under myFields.

120. Under dataFields, select Product Price.

121. Click Filter Data.

122. Click Add.

123. In the first drop-down list, set the following:

a. Select the Select a field or group

b. From the Data source list , select Products_New (Secondary), and select ID:

c. Click OK.

124. In the Specify Filter Conditions dialog box, set the operator (second drop-



Task Detailed Stepsdown list) to is equal to

125. In the third drop-down list, select Select a field or group

126. Choose Main, and expand all elements. Under dataFields, select Product.

127. Click OK. The filter condition should look as follows:

128. Click OK on all open dialog boxes.

Publish the form 129. On the ribbon, select File tab, and then click Quick Publish.

130. Wait for the form to be published.

Test 131. Navigate to the Orders List, and click Add a new Item.

132. Add a new item and save the form. You will notice that the Products drop-down list display products matching the selected category. Also, the current price of the product is fetched from the Products list.



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133. Save the form as you did in the earlier exercises.



Exercise 4: InfoPath Forms to Read and Write to Line of Business (LOB) SystemsScenarioThis lab provides you with a basic understanding of using InfoPath 2010 in conjunction with SharePoint 2010 to read and write information via SharePoint 2010 from Line of Business applications. You will learn how to use InfoPath 2010, trusted Data Connection libraries in SharePoint 2010, and Web services to read from a SQL Server 2008 data source. You will also learn at a very high level how to write data back to the line of business systems


Create and use data connection libraries.

Create and use universal data connection files.

Create data connections to SQL Server from InfoPath forms.

Retrieve and display data from databases in InfoPath forms..

Task Detailed Steps


Create a Data Connections library

The Data Connection Library (DCL) is a kind of document library in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 that enables applications such as Microsoft InfoPath 2010 and technologies such as Excel Services to specify data connection settings using external files.

1. Open a Internet Explorer browser window, and browse to http://intranet.contoso.com/

2. On the Site Actions menu, select All Site Content, and then click Create.

3. From the available template categories, select Library.

4. Select the Data Connection Library template to a new Data connection library. Type DataConnections as the name of the library.

5. Click the Create button.

Create a new InfoPath form and add a Data Connection to read data from SQL

6. Click Start | All Programs | Microsoft Office | Microsoft InfoPath Designer

2010 Designer menu.

7. Follow the instructions in the Lab 1 (Forms for Process Management) and



Task Detailed StepsDatabase create a new Blank Form.

8. On the ribbon, click the Data tab, and then click Data Connections.

9. In the Data Connections dialog box, click Add.

10. Select Create a new connection to: and select Receive data, and then click

Next.

11. Select the option Database (Microsoft SQL Server only), and then click Next.

12. Click the Select Database button.

13. In the Select Data Source dialog box, click New Source.

14. In the Data Connection Wizard dialog box, select Microsoft SQL Server. Click

Next.

15. Type DEMO2010A as the Server Name. Select Use Windows Authentication:

16. Click Next.

Use Adventure Works Database

17. Select the AdventureWorksDW option from the Select the database that

contains the data you want drop-down list.

18. Unselect the Connect to a specific table option and click the Next button:



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19. In the Save Data Connection File and Finish section, accept the default values,

and click Finish:

20. Select the DimProduct table, and click the OK button.



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21. In the next screen, all the columns from the DimProduct table will be selected

by default. Accept the default selections, and click Next.

22. Click Next.

23. Type DimProduct as the name of Data Connection. Leave the Automatically

retrieve data when form is opened option checked.

24. Click Finish.

Create a data connection file (.udcx)

A data connection file is an XML file that contains connection information for a single external data source and has an .xml or .udcx file name extension. When a user opens a form that connects to a data connection file, InfoPath uses the settings in that file to connect to the external data source

25. In the Data Connections dialog box, click Convert to Connection File.

26. Save this data connection to the data connection library that you created

earlier. Type SQLDC.udcx as the name of the file.

(http://intranet.contoso.com/DataConnections/SQLDC.udcx).

27. Click the OK button.

28. Click the Close in the Data Connections window.

29. Open an Internet Explorer browser window, and browse to the Data

Connections library.

(http://intranet.contoso.com/dataconnections).

30. Choose Approve/Reject from the drop-down menu for the SQLDC.udcx data

connection:



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31. Select Approved, and click the OK button.

Design the InfoPath form

32. Return to the InfoPath Designer.


34. From the controls section, select Repeating Table:

35. Change the Number of columns to 4 in the Insert Repeating Table dialog. A

Repeating table with 4 columns has been added to your form.

36. Right-click anywhere inside the top row of the inserted table, and click Change

Binding:



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37. In the Repeating Table Binding dialog box, select DimProduct (Secondary) as

the Data Source.

38. Expand the dataFields node in the Specify which group to bind the rows to

section.

39. Select d:DimProduct, and click the Next button:

40. Select the following columns from the Data binding section, and click the

Add>> button to move them to the Columns in table :

a. ProductKey

b. ProductAlternateKey



Task Detailed Stepsc. EnglishProductName

d. ReorderPoint

41. Click the Finish button:

42. Right-click the Product Key text box and select the Text Box Properties option:

43. Click the Display tab.

44. Select the Read only option.

45. Click OK.



Task Detailed Steps46. Click the repeating table to select it.


48. Click Manage Rules.

49. In the Rules pane, click New and then select Formatting.

50. In the Details for section, under Condition, click None.

51. Change the is equal to drop-down list item to is greater than.

52. Change the third drop-down to Type a number:

53. Enter 100 as the value. Click OK.

54. In the Rules pane, check Hide this control.

Form Options 55. On the ribbon, click the File tab, and then click Form Options.

56. Select Security and Trust.

57. De-select the Automatically determine security level option.

58. In the Security Level section, select Full Trust:

59. Click the OK button.

60. Click the Preview button to verify that the form and data connection are

working properly.

Publish the Form 61. Follow the instructions in Exercise 1 to publish the form as a form template to a

SharePoint library. Test the InfoPath form.

Write data back to Writing data back to SQL (or any other LOB system) requires a little more effort.



Task Detailed StepsSQL Database This is again achieved via a Web service with Write capabilities to the SQL

Database. At this time, there is no out-of-the-box Web service that is available to

write back data to a database. A custom Web service is required, and using the

Web service, the user can create a Data Connection to submit data to a Web

service. (Submitting data via data connection has been explained in Exercise 3:

SharePoint Data to and from InfoPath Forms).

You can also use Business Data Connectivity Services (BCS) to create a direct

connection to a SQL database. "Write" capabilities can be included in the

connection. You can customize the data entry screen of the resulting External list.

You will learn more about BCS in Module 5 of this series.

You have now completed this lab.



Appendix

Labcode Manual Version Last UpdateVersion 7 12/8/2010 6:38:00 PM

Lab Notes

Description Details

Virtual Machine Requirements

Virtual Machine Name Details

Adventureworks Database Installation Instructions

1. The AdventureWorks sample database installer is located on the DEMO2010A Virtual machine at C:\AdventureWorksDB\AdventureWorks2008R2_RTM.exe

2. Click the AdventureWorks2008R2_RTM.exe

3. Allow the installation files to be extracted.



4. Click, I accept the license terms and then click Next.

5. Select DEMO2010A as the Installation Instance, and then click Install.

6. Wait for the installation to complete



7. Click the Finish button


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