You cannot automatically submit structured XML data to a Web service in InfoPath 2003 (826989)

WORKAROUND

• Use a secondary data source to perform the submit operation.
• Write code that creates a custom SOAP message and that sends it to the Web service.

Use a Secondary Data source

1. On the Tools menu, click Secondary Data Sources.
2. In the Secondary Data Sources dialog box, click Add.
3. On the first page of the Data Source Setup Wizard, click Web Service, and then click Next.
4. Enter the location of the Web service that you want to submit, and then click Next.
5. Select the Web service method that you want to use, and then click Next.
6. When InfoPath prompts you to select the field or group from the form that will be used to fill the parameters of the Web service method, leave the parameters blank, and then click Next.
7. Click to clear the "Connect to this secondary data source when the form is opened" check box, click Finish, and then click OK to close the Secondary Data Sources dialog box.
8. On the Tools menu, click Submitting Forms.
9. In the Submitting Forms dialog box, click Enable Submit.
10. In the Submit list, click Submit using Custom Script, and then click OK to open Microsoft Script Editor.
11. In the XDocument::OnSubmitRequest method, use script like the following script to submit the whole form.
    
    Note You can also submit individual elements in the form.

    try{
          //Get a reference to the SendXMLElement secondary data source.
          var objSendXMLElement = XDocument.GetDOM("SendXMLElement");
          objSendXMLElement.setProperty( "SelectionNamespaces",
             'xmlns:s1="http://joelallxp.microsoft.com/schema" ' +
             'xmlns:s0="http://tempuri.org/" ' +
             'xmlns:dfs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/dataFormSolution"' );
     
          //Remove any data from the SendXMLElement secondary data source.
          var objData = objSendXMLElement.selectSingleNode(
             "/dfs:myFields/dfs:queryFields/s0:SendXMLElement/s0:theElement");
          var objCurrentData = objData.selectNodes("@* | node()");
          objCurrentData.removeAll();
     
          //Clone the XDocument.
          var objClonedDocument = XDocument.DOM.documentElement.cloneNode(true );
          objData.appendChild( objClonedDocument );
       
          //Call the "Query" method of the secondary data source to send the data.
          XDocument.DataObjects("SendXMLElement").Query();
       
          //Report the results of the submit.
          XDocument.UI.Alert( 
             objSendXMLElement.selectSingleNode(
                "/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/s0:SendXMLElementResponse/s0:SendXMLElementResult").text );
          eventObj.ReturnStatus = true;
       }
       catch(ex)
       {
          eventObj.ReturnStatus = false;
       }

Write Code

1. On the Tools menu, click Submitting Forms.
2. In the Submitting Forms dialog box, click Enable Submit.
3. In the Submit list, click Submit using Custom Script, and then click OK to open Microsoft Script Editor.
4. In the XDocument::OnSubmitRequest method, use script like the following script to submit the whole form.
   
   Note You can also submit individual elements in the form.

   try
      { 
         //Create a SOAP object.
         var objSOAPConnector = new ActiveXObject("MSOSOAP.HttpConnector30");
      
         //Set the EndPointURL property to point to the Web service.
         objSOAPConnector.Property("EndPointURL") = "http://server/WebService1/Submit.asmx";
    
         //Set the SoapAction property to point to the Web service method. You can find this URI 
         //in the WSDL file of the Web service.
         objSOAPConnector.Property("SoapAction") = "http://tempuri.org/SendXMLElement";
         objSOAPConnector.Connect();
         
         //Begin construction of a SOAP message to send to the Web service.
         objSOAPConnector.BeginMessage();
    
         var objSOAPSerializer = new ActiveXObject("MSOSoap.SoapSerializer30");
         objSOAPSerializer.Init( objSOAPConnector.InputStream );
         objSOAPSerializer.startEnvelope();
         objSOAPSerializer.startBody();
    
         //Construct the structure that marks the method name and the parameter name 
         //that you are sending.
         objSOAPSerializer.StartElement( "SendXMLElement", "http://tempuri.org/" );
         objSOAPSerializer.StartElement( "theNode", "http://tempuri.org/" );
    
         //Write out the XML of the document.
         objSOAPSerializer.WriteXml( XDocument.DOM.documentElement.xml );
    
         //Finish each element.
         objSOAPSerializer.EndElement();
         objSOAPSerializer.EndElement();
    
         //Call EndMessage to complete the SOAP message and send it to the Web service method.
         //This results in the Web service method being called.
         objSOAPSerializer.endBody();
         objSOAPSerializer.endEnvelope(); 
         objSOAPConnector.EndMessage();
    
         //Use a SoapReader to read the response from the Web service method .
         var ResponseReader = new ActiveXObject("MSOSOAP.SoapReader30");
         ResponseReader.Load( objSOAPConnector.OutputStream );
    
         //If there was no error, return true.
         if (ResponseReader.Fault != null)
         {
            eventObj.ReturnStatus = false;
            throw "Error submitting data: " + ResponseReader.Fault.xml;
         }
         eventObj.ReturnStatus = true;
      } 
      catch (ex)
      { 
         XDocument.UI.Alert("Failed to submit document: " + ex.description); 
      }