Application.RegisterSolution Method

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InfoPath Developer Reference

Installs the specified Microsoft Office InfoPath form template.

Version Information
 Version Added:  InfoPath 2003

Syntax

expression.RegisterSolution(bstrSolutionURL, bstrBehavior)

expression   An expression that returns a Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
bstrSolutionURL Required String The string that specifies the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the form template. This parameter can be specified as a form definition (.xsf) file or a form template (.xsn) file.
bstrBehavior Optional String Default value is "overwrite". The string that specifies how the form template is to be installed. The only other valid value for this parameter is "new-only".

Return Value
Nothing

Remarks

If the form template has already been registered, and "new-only" is specified for the bstrBehavior parameter, the RegisterSolution method will return an error. If "overwrite" is specified, the form template's registration record will be overwritten.

Security Level 3: Can be accessed only by fully trusted forms.

Example

In the following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example, the RegisterSolution method of the Application object is used to install a form template:

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub InstallForm()

Dim objIP As Object


' Create a reference to the Application object.
Set objIP = CreateObject("InfoPath.Application")


' Register the InfoPath form template.
objIP.RegisterSolution ("C:\My Forms\MyFormTemplate.xsn")
MsgBox "The InfoPath form template has been registered."


Set objIP = Nothing


End Sub

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