You receive an error message if you try to programmatically set the text value of an XML node in InfoPath 2003 (826998)

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. Start Microsoft Office InfoPath.
2. Design a new blank form.
3. In the task pane, click Controls. Verify that the Automatically create data source check box is selected.
4. Add a TextBox control to the form, and then add a Button control to the form.
5. In the task pane, click Data Source.
6. In the Data Source list, right-click field1, and then click Properties.
   
   The Field or Group Properties dialog box appears.
7. Set the Data Type property for the field to Decimal (double), and then click OK.
8. Add script for the OnClick event of the button as follows:
   1. Right-click the button, and then click Button Properties.
      
      The Button Properties dialog box appears.
   2. Click the Microsoft Script Editor button.
      
      Microsoft Script Editor appears.
   3. In the OnClick event of the button, insert the following code:

      {
      	// Receive a reference to the element to be filled.
      	var objDataElement = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field1");
      	
      	//Set the value of the element.
      	objDataElement.text = "10.0";
      }

   4. Save your script, and then close Microsoft Script Editor.
9. Preview the form, and then click the button.
   
   You receive the error message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.
10. Click No, and then click OK to dismiss the error message. Close the Preview window.
11. Modify the OnClick event of the button as follows:
    1. Right-click the button, and then click Button Properties.
       
       The Button Properties dialog box appears.
    2. Click the Microsoft Script Editor button.
       
       Microsoft Script Editor appears.
    3. Modify the code for the OnClick event of the button as follows:

       {
       	// Receive a reference to the element to be filled.
       	var objDataElement = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field1");
       	
       	//Determine whether the xsi:nil attribute is set for this
       	//element. If so, remove the xsi:nil attributes so that
       	//the value can be set.
       	if (objDataElement.getAttribute("xsi:nil"))
                 objDataElement.removeAttribute("xsi:nil");
       	
       	//Set the value of the element.
       	objDataElement.text = "10.0";
       }

12. Preview the form again, and then click the button.
    
    No error message is returned. The TextBox control displays a value of 10.0.