XmlFormView.XmlForm Property
Gets a reference to an XmlForm object represents the current form and provides access to the form's main data source.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server (in Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property XmlForm As XmlForm
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As XmlFormView
Dim value As XmlForm
value = instance.XmlForm
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public XmlForm XmlForm { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.XmlForm
Remarks
Use the XmlForm property to get a reference to an XmlForm object that represents the form. A limited subset of members of the XmlForm class can be accessed when using the XmlFormView control. For more information about these members, see the Help included with Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications.
Properties (Read Only)
Methods
Important
Using members other than this subset will result in the error "Calling this property or method from a hosting page is not supported."
Using the XmlForm Property
The XmlForm property can only be accessed during one of the following events:
Examples
In the following example, a series of textboxes in the Web page are populated with values from the properties that can be used by accessing the XmlForm property. A value from the main data source of the form is used as the value for TextBox10. This routine is called when code in the form calls the NotifyHost method of the XmlForm object available in the Microsoft.Office.InfoPath namespace, in this case from a button in the form.
The following example requires the following three Imports statements:
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Imports Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls
Protected Sub XmlFormView1_NotifyHost(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls.NotifyHostEventArgs) Handles XmlFormView1.NotifyHost
Dim xNavMain As XPathNavigator
Dim xNameSpace As XmlNamespaceManager
Try
TextBox2.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.[New].ToString()
TextBox3.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.ReadOnly.ToString()
TextBox4.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.MainDataSource.ReadOnly.ToString()
TextBox5.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.ToString()
TextBox6.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.XmlLang.ToString()
TextBox7.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.Signed.ToString()
TextBox8.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.FormState.Count.ToString()
TextBox9.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.DataSources.Count.ToString()
xNavMain = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.MainDataSource.CreateNavigator()
xNameSpace = New XmlNamespaceManager(New NameTable())
xNameSpace.AddNamespace("my", XmlFormView1.XmlForm.NamespaceManager._
LookupNamespace("my").ToString())
TextBox10.Text = xNavMain.SelectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field2", xNameSpace).ToString()
Catch ex As Exception
TextBox11.Text = ex.Message.ToString()
End Try
End Sub
The following example requires the following three using statements:
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.XPath;
using Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.Server.Controls;
protected void XmlFormView1_NotifyHost(object sender, NotifyHostEventArgs e)
{
try
{
TextBox2.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.New.ToString();
TextBox3.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.ReadOnly.ToString();
TextBox4.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.MainDataSource.ReadOnly.ToString();
TextBox5.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.ToString();
TextBox6.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.XmlLang.ToString();
TextBox7.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.Signed.ToString();
TextBox8.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.FormState.Count.ToString();
TextBox9.Text = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.DataSources.Count.ToString();
XPathNavigator xNavMain = XmlFormView1.XmlForm.MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XmlNamespaceManager xNameSpace = new XmlNamespaceManager(new NameTable());
xNameSpace.AddNamespace("my", XmlFormView1.XmlForm.NamespaceManager.LookupNamespace("my").ToString());
TextBox10.Text = xNavMain.SelectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field2", xNameSpace).ToString();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TextBox11.Text = ex.Message.ToString();
}
}