如何通过编程方式将SharePoint中的Infopath表单及附件进行归档

事情是这样的:我们通过Infopath设计了一些电子表单,用来在企业内部进行一些流程审批的载体。结合SharePoint Server所提供的Forms Service,我们可以比较便捷地实现,在线填写也很方便,如下图所示

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在浏览器中填写的效果如下

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注意:这只是一个演示表单,我简单做了几个字段而已。重点要体现附件。

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那么,现在的需求是这样:因为这些表单越来越多,而且大多有附件,导致SharePoint的内容数据库越来越大,速度受到一定的影响。用户想到一个做法,就是定期将那些已经完成审批的表单归档,而且从这个表单库中删除掉。

在归档的时候,就会遇到一个问题,如何将附件也归档,并且放到指定的磁盘文件夹上去

 

首先,我们需要了解的是,Infopath的附件默认是怎么存储的呢?Infopath表单其实就是一份特殊的XML文件,它会将所有的信息,包括附件在内都保存在一个XML文件中。当然,附件会通过编码成Base64的字符串保存。我们可以将之前填写好的这个表单保存下来一份数据,以便了解它里面的结构

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这个文件,我们可以用记事本直接打开

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大家可以看到,其实附件的内容都是保存在这个xml文件里面的。

通过一些研究,我实现了如下的解决方案,这是一个原型,可以作为一个参考。

【备注】具体在做的时候,还要细致一些将所有数据都妥善保存,本例重点演示如何保存附件。其他常规的数据应该很容易处理。可以读取出来存放在数据库中的一个表中。

 

下面这个类型是我在网上找到的,不是我的原创。这个类型是一个解码器,可以将上面的Base64String还原为一个字节数组

  using System;

    using System.Collections.Generic;

    using System.Text;


    using System.IO;


    /// <summary>

    /// Class used to decode an InfoPath attachment.

    /// Pulls the file name and the decoded file from either a base 64 byte array or string.

    /// </summary>

    public class InfoPathAttachmentDecoder
    {

        // Private string to hold the attachment name.

        string _fileName;


        // Private byte array to hold the decoded attachment.

        byte[] _decodedFile;


        /// <summary>

        /// The name of the file within the InfoPath attachment.

        /// </summary>

        public string Filename
        {

            get { return _fileName; }

        }


        /// <summary>

        /// The decoded file within the InfoPath attachment.

        /// </summary>

        public byte[] DecodedFile
        {

            get { return _decodedFile; }

        }


        /// <summary>

        /// Constructor for the InfoPathAttachmentDecoder Class

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="base64EncodedString">The attachment represented by a string</param>

        public InfoPathAttachmentDecoder(string base64EncodedString)
        {

            // Use unicode encoding.

            Encoding _encoding = Encoding.Unicode;


            // The byte array containing the data.

            byte[] _data = Convert.FromBase64String(base64EncodedString);


            // Use a memory stream to access the data.

            using(MemoryStream _memoryStream = new MemoryStream(_data))
            {

                // Create a binary reader from the stream.

                BinaryReader _theReader = new BinaryReader(_memoryStream);


                // Create a byte array to hold the header data.

                byte[] _headerData = _theReader.ReadBytes(16);


                // Find the file size before finding the file name.

                int _fileSize = (int)_theReader.ReadUInt32();


                // Get the file name.

                int _attachmentNameLength = (int)_theReader.ReadUInt32() * 2;

                byte[] _fileNameBytes = _theReader.ReadBytes(_attachmentNameLength);

                _fileName = _encoding.GetString(_fileNameBytes, 0, _attachmentNameLength - 2);


                // Get the decoded attachment. 

                _decodedFile = _theReader.ReadBytes(_fileSize);

            }

        }


        /// <summary>

        /// Constructor for the InfoPathAttachmentDecoder Class

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="base64EncodedBytes">The attachment represented by a byte array</param>

        public InfoPathAttachmentDecoder(byte[] base64EncodedBytes) : this(Convert.ToBase64String(base64EncodedBytes)) { }


        /// <summary>

        /// Static method that gets the file from the attachment.

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="base64EncodedString">The attachment represented by a string</param>

        /// <returns>Returns a byte array of the file in the attachment.</returns>

        public static byte[] DecodeInfoPathAttachment(string base64EncodedString)
        {

            // Create an instance of the InfoPathAttachmentDecoder

            InfoPathAttachmentDecoder _infoPathAttachmentDecoder = new InfoPathAttachmentDecoder(base64EncodedString);


            // Return the decoded file.

            return _infoPathAttachmentDecoder.DecodedFile;

        }


        /// <summary>

        /// Static method that gets the file from the attachment.

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="base64EncodedBytes">The attachment represented by a byte array</param>

        /// <returns>Returns a byte array of the file in the attachment.</returns>

        public static byte[] DecodeInfoPathAttachment(byte[] base64EncodedBytes)
        {

            // Create an instance of the InfoPathAttachmentDecoder

            InfoPathAttachmentDecoder _infoPathAttachmentDecoder = new InfoPathAttachmentDecoder(base64EncodedBytes);


            // Return the decoded file.

            return _infoPathAttachmentDecoder.DecodedFile;

        }
    }

 

然后,我们需要实现对XML文档的读取。虽然读XML文件向来都不是什么大问题,但Infopath的XML文档结构还是挺繁琐的,有很多命名空间,直接读取相当费时费力。我一般会用下面的方式

 

1. 打开Visual Studio Command Prompt

2. 根据xml文件生成xsd(架构)

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3.根据xsd文件生成一个强类型的class

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准备工作做好了,下面我们做一个简单的程序来实现一下整个存档的逻辑

1. 创建一个Windows Forms程序

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【注意】选择.NET Framework 3.5

 

2. 设置编译平台为x64(这是访问SharePoint服务器对象模型的要求)

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3. 做一个简单的界面如下

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4. 引用Microsoft.SharePoint.dll

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5. 将之前生成好的10248.cs和写好的InfoPathAttachmentDecoder 类型添加到项目中来

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6.编写代码

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace FormArchiver
{
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {
        public MainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var path = txtLibPath.Text;
            var folder = txtFolder.Text;

            var site = new SPSite(path);
            var web = site.OpenWeb();
            var list = web.GetList(path);
            var items = list.Items;
            foreach(SPListItem item in items)
            {
                var file = item.File;
                var stream = file.OpenBinaryStream();
                var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(myFields));//这里的myFields这个类型,是之前通过xsd工具根据表单结构生成的

                var result =(myFields) serializer.Deserialize(stream);
                var attachment = new InfoPathAttachmentDecoder(result.group3.FirstOrDefault().field4);
                var fileName = attachment.Filename;
                var buffer = attachment.DecodedFile;

                if(!Directory.Exists(folder))
                    Directory.CreateDirectory(folder);

                var targetPath = Path.Combine(folder, fileName);
                File.WriteAllBytes(targetPath, buffer);

            }

            MessageBox.Show("保存完成");
        }
    }
}

这个程序运行起来的效果大致如下

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点击“开始”,很快的我们就可以将附件保存出来到预设的目录

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这个演示程序的源代码,请通过这里下载

FormArchiver.rar

posted @ 2011-11-08 23:00  陈希章  阅读(3653)  评论(9编辑  收藏  举报