ContactSelector Causes Error when using XSD.EXE

Question

I have an InfoPath 2010 form with a ContactSelector.   When I run XSD.EXE on the myschema.xsd file, I get the following error.

>xsd.exe myschema.xsd /c /l:cs

 Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility

 [Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.42]

 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 Schema validation warning:

 The 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2007/PartnerControls:Person' element is not declared. Line 15, position 6.

 Warning: Schema could not be validated. Class generation may fail or may produce incorrect results.

 Error: Error generating classes for schema 'myschema'.

   - The element 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2007/PartnerControls:Person' is missing.

Can anyone help with this. 

There is an BuiltInActiveXControls.xsd file in the same folder, and referenced from mySchema.xsd that looks like it has the correct schema according to this link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd908221(office.12).aspx

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James McDowell

Answer 1

The solution is very simple. Pass the other XSD also as an argument!!

XSD /c /l:cs  myschema.xsd  BuiltInActiveXControls.xsd

This works for me without any errors (It generates classes for the pc: elements too)

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Yes, it looks like the right way.  When you use the xsd.exe utility, you need to direct it to all the files it needs in order to process the schema.

Answer 3

Thanks vijaynats! It works.

But is this the right way to tackle this problem?

Answer 4

Hi James

I solved by deleting this section 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2007/PartnerControls:Person' from xsd header, then i merge the content of BuiltInActiveXControls.xsd in this section below into myschema.xsd :

<xsd:element name="Person">

  <xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:sequence>

    <xsd:element ref="my:DisplayName" minOccurs="0"/>

    <xsd:element ref="my:AccountId" minOccurs="0"/>

    <xsd:element ref="my:AccountType" minOccurs="0"/>

   </xsd:sequence>

  </xsd:complexType>

 </xsd:element>

 <xsd:element name="DisplayName" type="xsd:string"/>

 <xsd:element name="AccountId" type="xsd:string"/>

 <xsd:element name="AccountType" type="xsd:string"/>

But change tag "<xs>" into "<xsd>" and also change tag "pc:" into "my:", like above.

Then I put above code below the section :

<xsd:element name="group_1">

  <xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:sequence>

    <xsd:element ref="my:Person" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

   </xsd:sequence>

  </xsd:complexType>

 </xsd:element>

So it will becoming like this :

<xsd:element name="group_1">

  <xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:sequence>

    <xsd:element ref="my:Person" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

   </xsd:sequence>

  </xsd:complexType>

 </xsd:element>

 <xsd:element name="Person">

  <xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:sequence>

    <xsd:element ref="my:DisplayName" minOccurs="0"/>

    <xsd:element ref="my:AccountId" minOccurs="0"/>

    <xsd:element ref="my:AccountType" minOccurs="0"/>

   </xsd:sequence>

  </xsd:complexType>

 </xsd:element>

 <xsd:element name="DisplayName" type="xsd:string"/>

 <xsd:element name="AccountId" type="xsd:string"/>

 <xsd:element name="AccountType" type="xsd:string"/>

then run xsd myschema.xsd /c. It works for me.

Thanks

Answer 5

Same error using newest xsd version 4.0.30319.1

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James McDowell