Introducing Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003

Adding Managed Code to an Existing Form

Creating a new InfoPath project from an existing template is a simple, two-step process if your form doesn’t incorporate JScript or VBScript code. Moving to managed code disables the script, and you must rewrite all event handlers in Visual Basic .NET or C#. If your template contains more than 100 lines of script, conversion probably isn’t justified unless you need to implement features that the .NET Framework supports and script doesn’t. As an example, you need the .NET Framework and the Microsoft Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0- add-on to connect to secure Web services that implement SOAP message encryption and require digital signatures. Digitally signed SOAP messages supplement—but don’t replace—digital ...