3.1 The InfoPath XML File

Following is a sample XML Schema Document (XSD). This file is described in [MS-IPFF2] section 2.3.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <xsd:schema
 targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-0303T22:25:25"
   xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-03-03T22:25:25"
   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  
   <xsd:element name="myFields">
     <xsd:complexType>
       <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element ref="my:field1" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xsd:element ref="my:group1" minOccurs="0"/>
       </xsd:sequence>
       <xsd:anyAttribute 
 processContents="lax" 
 namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"/>
     </xsd:complexType>
   </xsd:element>
   <xsd:element name="field1" type="xsd:string"/>
   <xsd:element name="group1">
     <xsd:complexType>
       <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element
 ref="my:group2"
 minOccurs="0"
 maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
       </xsd:sequence>
     </xsd:complexType>
   </xsd:element>
   <xsd:element name="group2">
     <xsd:complexType>
       <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element ref="my:field2" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xsd:element ref="my:field3" minOccurs="0"/>
       </xsd:sequence>
     </xsd:complexType>
   </xsd:element>
   <xsd:element name="field2" nillable="true" type="xsd:date"/>
   <xsd:element name="field3" nillable="true" type="xsd:boolean"/>
  
 </xsd:schema>
 A sample form file based on the preceding XML Schema Document (XSD) is:
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?mso-infoPathSolution
   solutionVersion="1.0.0.143"
   productVersion="12.0.0"
   PIVersion="1.0.0.0"
   href="http://server/TestLibrary/Forms/template.xsn"
   name="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:infopath:NickTest:-myXSD-2008-03-03T22-25-25" ?>
 <?mso-application
   progid="InfoPath.Document"
   versionProgid="InfoPath.Document.2"?>
 <my:myFields
   xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2008-03-03T22:25:25"
   xml:lang="en-us">
  
   <my:field1>Al</my:field1>
   <my:group1>
     <my:group2>
       <my:field2 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">2009-01-01</my:field2>
       <my:field3>true</my:field3>
     </my:group2>
     <my:group2>
       <my:field2>2009-01-31</my:field2>
       <my:field3>false</my:field3>
     </my:group2>
   </my:group1>
 </my:myFields>

This form file has the following parts:

§ Processing instructions: As specified in section 2.1.1, the processing instructions specify how to open and interpret the data within the file.  A detailed example of Processing Instructions can be found in section 3.1.1.

§ XML data: The data here conforms to the [MS-IPFF2] section 2.3. The form file shown here has a text box control, as specified in [MS-IPFF2] section 2.3.1.16, a repeating section control, as specified in [MS-IPFF2] section 2.3.1.11, containing a date picker control, as specified in [MS-IPFF2] section 2.3.1.4, and a check box control, as specified in [MS-IPFF2] section 2.3.1.2.