Designing a Template to Connect to a Web Service
In the examples you have seen so far in this chapter, we had the benefit of Web service samples, which are located at a known URL and also prebuilt form templates to connect to the Web service's URL. Life won't always be so convenient, and we will need to locate a Web service online for which we want to design a form template.
InfoPath 2003 uses the Data Source Setup Wizard to connect to existing XML Web Services or to allow discovery of XML Web Services. To try it, follow these steps:
1. | Open the Design a Form task pane. In the Design a New Form section, select the New From Data Source option. Select the Web Service option (see Figure 8.17) in the resulting wizard window. Click the Next button. ... |
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