IInfoPathDataImporterFields.GetControls(IEnumUnknown) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath

Assembly:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.dll

Gets a collection of IInfoPathViewControl objects for each control in the view.

public:
 void GetControls([Runtime::InteropServices::Out] mshtml::IEnumUnknown ^ % ppEnumUnkControls);

public void GetControls (out mshtml.IEnumUnknown ppEnumUnkControls);

abstract member GetControls :  -> unit

Public Sub GetControls (ByRef ppEnumUnkControls As IEnumUnknown)

Parameters

ppEnumUnkControls

mshtml.IEnumUnknown

An mshtml.IEnumUnknown collection of controls in the view.

Remarks

Use the GetControls method of the IInfoPathDataImporterFields interface to return a collection of IInfoPathViewControl objects. Each object in the collection corresponds to a control in the view of the form. Each control has various properties you can evaluate or set, like the read-only DataType and InputScopes(IntPtr, UInt32, IEnumString, String) properties, and the read/write Value property.

Use these properties in conjunction with the data from the import source to import data into an InfoPath form. The following controls in the view are enumerated (if present):

Text Box	PlainText
Rich Text Box	RichText
Drop-Down List Box	DropDown
Combo Box	ComboBox
List Box	ListBox
Date Picker	DTPicker_DTText
Check Box	CheckBox
Option Button	OptionButton
Bulleted List	ListItem_Plain or ListItem_formatted
Numbered List	ListItem_Plain or ListItem_formatted
Plain List	ListItem_Plain or ListItem_formatted
Picture	InlineImage or LinkedImage
Ink Picture	InkPicture
File Attachment	FileAttachment

The following controls are not enumerated (excluded from the enumeration):

Section

Optional Section

Repeating Section

Repeating Table

Horizontal Repeating Table

Master/Detail

Expression Box

Vertical Label

Button

Hyperlink

Scrolling Region

Choice Group

Repeating Choice Group

Choice Section

Repeating Recursive Section

Custom Controls (ActiveX)

Multiple-Selection List Box

For more information about programmatically importing data into an InfoPath form, see the InfoPath Developer PortalMicrosoft Office Developer Center.