Retrieve InfoPath Forms

Learn how to retrieve InfoPath forms from SharePoint or SQL Server.

Retrieve from SharePoint

Programmatically retrieve an InfoPath form from a SharePoint library

Use the System.Net.WebClient class or Copy web service to retrieve an InfoPath form from a SharePoint library.

Retrieve from SQL Server

Retrieve an InfoPath form from SQL Server and display it in a new instance of InfoPath

Retrieve the XML value of the database field containing the InfoPath form, save it locally as a temporary file, and open it using this.Application.XmlForms.Open().

Retrieve an InfoPath form from SQL Server and display it in an InfoPath FormControl

Use code to retrieve the XML of an InfoPath form from SQL Server 2005, convert the InfoPath form into a MemoryStream object, and load this object into an InfoPath FormControl on a Windows Forms application.