_ExternalApplication.Open method

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Opens the specified Microsoft InfoPath form.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Open ( _
    bstrDocumentURI As String, _
    dwBehavior As Integer _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As _ExternalApplication
Dim bstrDocumentURI As String
Dim dwBehavior As Integer

instance.Open(bstrDocumentURI, dwBehavior)

void Open(
    string bstrDocumentURI,
    int dwBehavior
)

Parameters

  • bstrDocumentURI
    Type: System.String

    The string value that specifies the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of a form.

Remarks

The Open method can be used only to open a form; it cannot be used to open a form template. To create a form from a form template, use the NewFromSolution method. To create a form based on an existing form, use the New method.

Important

This member can be accessed only by forms opened from a form template that has been configured to run with full trust using the Security and Trust category of the Form Options dialog box. This member requires full trust for the immediate caller and cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see "Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code" on MSDN.

Examples

In the following example, which is written in the C# programming language, the Open method of the ExternalApplication object is used to open a form from the file system:

private void AutomateInfoPathForm()
{
 ExternalApplication infoPath = new ExternalApplicationClass();

 // Open an InfoPath form.

 infoPath.Open(@"C:\My Forms\Form1.xml", 1);
      
 // Close the InfoPath form.
 infoPath.Close(@"C:\My Forms\Form1.xml");
      
 // Quit the InfoPath application.
 infoPath.Quit();
}

Note

The above example assumes that the Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath namespace is being used and that the Microsoft InfoPath 3.0 Type Library is referenced.

See also

Reference

_ExternalApplication interface

_ExternalApplication members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust namespace