The DataObject Object

The DataObject object represents an association with a data adapter for a secondary data source. The DataObject objects in a document are contained in the DataObjects collection.

▸ To learn more about creating a secondary data source for a drop-down list form control, see “The Drop-Down List Box Control,” p. 62 (Chapter 4).

InfoPath 2003 supports three types of data adapter:

  • The ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) data adapter, represented in InfoPath by the ADOAdapter object

  • The XML Web services data adapter, represented in InfoPath by the WebServiceAdapter object

  • The XML file data adapter, represented in InfoPath by the XMLFileAdapter object

DataObject Object Methods

The DataObject object has a single method, Query(), which is security ...

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