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Relationship between InfoPath Tool Types and Forms2RecordDataSet Elements

Applies to: SharePoint Workspace 2010 | Visual Studio 2008

The InfoPath form designer selects the field data type for each field in the form. The field data type determines how the field is displayed on the form and how the promoted field is treated by the InfoPath Forms tool and by GrooveForms2 service in the Forms2RecordDataSet complex type. The following table describes the relationship between the InfoPath types and the types of the corresponding elements in the Forms2RecordDataSet complex type. Promoted InfoPath fields with any data type not listed in the table will be ignored by the InfoPath Forms tool and treated as if it had not been promoted.

InfoPath data type

Type returned by ReadFormFields Operation

Schema data type

Description

Byte

Number

xs:double

Groove stores the value as a double in the record, but InfoPath converts it to an integer before displaying the value or storing it in the X-document.

Date

Date

xs:dateTime

Value is a date.

Date and Time

Date

xs:dateTime

Value is a date-time.

Double

Number

xs:double

Value is a double.

Entity

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

Entities

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

Float

Number

xs:double

Value is a double.

Hyperlink

String

xs:string

Value is a hyperlink, but is treated as a string.

ID

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

IDREF

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

IDREFS

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

Int

Number

xs:double

Groove stores the value as a double in the record, but InfoPath converts it to an integer.

Language

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

Name

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

NCNAME

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

NMTOKENS

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

NormalizedString

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

Rich Text

String

xs:string

Value is a text string. All rich text formatting is removed when the value is converted from an InfoPath form to a record. Rich text fields are ignored if you specify them in an UpdateRecords operation.

Short

Number

xs:double

Groove stores the value as a double in the record, but InfoPath converts it to an integer.

Text

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

Token

String

xs:string

Value is a text string.

True/False

String

xs:string

Treated as a checkbox in the InfoPath Forms tool designer and in Views. Value is a Boolean, but is converted to a string. By default, Boolean InfoPath Fields have a value of "true" or "false" in the record.

UnsignedByte

Number

xs:double

Groove stores the value as a double in the record, but InfoPath converts it to an integer.

UnsignedInt

Number

xs:double

Groove stores the value as a double in the record, but InfoPath converts it to an integer.

UnsignedShort

Number

xs:double

Groove stores the value as a double in the record, but InfoPath converts it to an integer.

See Also

Reference

GrooveForms2 Web Service

Forms2RecordDataSet Complex Type

System Fields in Forms2RecordDataSet

Relationship between Groove Forms Tool Types and Forms2RecordDataSet Elements

Forms2RecordDataSet SOAP Message Example

Concepts

Accessing Forms Tool Records