Convert filled out InfoPath form to PDF

Question

Hi all
I have this basic setup:
An InfoPath formular is deployed to Forms Server, and a user fills it out. When the user submits the form, I need to somehow convert the form to PDF and attach it to an email sent to the user.
Now, this should be done in .NET code. I am still not quite sure if I will do it as an event handler on the Forms Server og if I will let the document go through BizTalk and let it to the conversion... but in any case, what I have is an .XML file that is actually the filled out form and I need to convert it to PDF that matches how the form looks like, naturally.
I have seen this thread:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/9f43f377-dfd6-4c6e-a361-315bf30f3c91 about it, and I ahve tried doing what it says. But I can't get it working.
I have installed this one:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en and it seems to work - I can now save as PDF in Word, Excel and so on.
Then I created a Winforms program (it wont always be in a winforms program, but for testing purposes...) and I did this:
1. Add the InfoPath Form control to the toolbox (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.FormControl.dll)
2. Drag the Control which now appears in my tool box to my winform.
Then I added this code to some event of the form:
string file = "";
formControl.Open(file);
formControl.XmlForm.CurrentView.Export(".pdf", Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.ExportFormat.Pdf);
Now, the issue is, that the "Export" method and the "ExportFormat" enum are not recognized and therefore give compile errors.
The only difference between my using statements and the ones in the thread above is that I do not have this one:
using Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.FormControl;
since that name space does not seem to exist - I only have the Microsoft.Office.InfoPath name space. Yes, the Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.FormControl.dll is referenced in my project.
Any thoughts?
My setup:
Visual Studio 2008 with .NET 3.5 SP1
Office 2007, English
Windows XP
Thanks
eliasen, representing himself and not the company he works for.
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Answer 1

I got your sample project, it compiles without any errors nor warnings.
And then I made some changes to the code so it can actually work:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using InfoPath = Microsoft.Office.InfoPath;
namespace TestInfoPathFormControl
public partial class Form1 : Form
public Form1()
InitializeComponent();
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
string template = Path.Combine(
Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath),
"Template1.xsn");
this.formControl1.NewFromFormTemplate(template);
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
this.formControl1.XmlForm.CurrentView.Export(@"D:\test.pdf", Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.ExportFormat.Pdf);
Then I hit F5, the app runs and I can get my test.pdf.
Don't know why it doesn't compile on your side.
I tried on:
Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Office 2007 SP2 (Beta)
Windows 7 Beta
And
Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Office 2007 SP1
Windows Vista SP1
The file version of Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.dll is 12.0.4518.1014, assembly version is 12.0.0.0.
Could you also check that assembly on your side?
Can you see the following memebers from your project's object browser?
They should live in Microsoft.Office.InfoPath.dll.
Regards,
Jie
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