This tutorial demonstrates how to invoke operations on an Adabas DataSource exposed as a "Web service" through SOA Gateway from Microsoft InfoPath.

1. From the InfoPath main menu bar, select File -> Design a Form.

   

2. A panel will appear on your right hand side - choose New from Data Connection

   This will start a dialog, first select Web Service, click Next

   

   Select Receive and submit data, click Next

   

   Enter the URL the WSDL for the "Employees" demo file is exposed as: http://soagate:8885/adabas_Employees?WSDL

   Click Next

   

   Select the list method, click Next

   

   Assign a name to the response document, click Next

   

   Enter the same URL again, click Next

   

   Choose list and click Next

   

   Select "Entire form (XML document....", click Next

   

   Assign a name to the Send Connection, click Finish

   

3. You will now be presented with a form

   

   Do the following:

   • Enter a title "List Employees" for example

   • Expand the queryFields, drag them to the area "Drag query fields here"

   • Expand the dataFields, right-click on the adabasEmployee element. Now drag the adabasEmployee to the area "Drag data fields here", insert it as a Repeating table

   At this point, it might make sense to resize the table and the fields in the "repeating table"

   

4. Once you are happy with how your form looks like, select File -> Preview form -> Default

   

5. You will be presented with a form, enter 4000004* in the Personnel Id field and send the request to the server

   

6. Your table will now be populated with the data based on your request: