Use InfoPath to create your BDC Application Definitions

I found the ability to point InfoPath at XSD's useful in working with the BDC xsd and building application definitions.  Check it out, think about your other XSDs and how you might create forms around them!

 

Exercise 3 – Create An InfoPath Form (Xml)

Purpose:
        Learn
to create an InfoPath Form from an Xml document!

Result:            An InfoPath Form

Task 1 – Create A Xml
Based Form

1. Open InfoPath 2007 (if open,
   click “File->Design a Form Template”)
2. Click “Design A Form
   Template”
3. Select the “Xml or Schema”
   icon
4. Click the “Enable
   browser-compatible features only”

5. Click “Ok”
6. Browse to the “C:Program
   FilesMicrosoft Office Servers12.0Bindcmetadata.xsd” file
7. Click “Open”
8. Click “Next”
9. Click “Finish”
10. From the Data Source view, drag
    the “LobSystem” node to the work area
11. Select “Section with
    Controls”

12. Click “Preview”
13. Notice how you can now create
    a BDC application definition file using InfoPath!

14. Close the preview
15. Save the template as “MyXsdForm”