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Get posted data (XFormData) from XForm

Recently we have had to get posted data from xform from code. To do it we developed this method:

/// <summary>/// Retives posted data for xform defined for CurrentPage.
///</summary>
/// <param name="pageReference">PageReference of page for each posted data of xform should be returned</param>
/// <param name="xFormPropertyName">Property name of CurrenPage page type. Property has to be of type XForms</param>
/// <param name="xFormFolderPath">XFormFolder path where xForm is saved.</param>
/// <returns>Returns list of XFormData objects - each XFormData object contains data posted with xform</returns>

private IList<XFormData> GetXFormData(PageReference pageReference, string xFormPropertyName, string xFormFolderPath)
{
   if (pageReference == null || pageReference == PageReference.EmptyReference)
       return null;

   PageData pageData = GetPage(pageReference);

   PropertyData xFormProperty = pageData.Property[xFormPropertyName];
   if (xFormProperty == null || xFormProperty.Value == null)
       return null;

   if (!(xFormProperty is PropertyXForm))
       return null;

   IList<XForm> xFormFolder;
   if( xFormFolderPath != String.Empty )
       xFormFolder = XFormFolder.GetForms(xFormFolderPath);
   else
       xFormFolder = XFormFolder.GetForms();

   foreach (XForm xform in xFormFolder)
   {
       Guid formGuid = new Guid(CurrentPage[xFormPropertyName].ToString());

       if (formGuid.CompareTo((Guid)xform.Id) == 0)
       {
           return xform.GetPostedData(CurrentPage.PageLink.ID, DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7), DateTime.Now);
       }
   }

   return null;
}

It gets as parameters PageReference of page for which posted data should be returned, property name of property that contains XForm and folder name where xform is stored (if any). As output from method we get list of XFormData objects where each item contains data posted with xform.
It works in EPiServer CMS 5 where some changes in XForm handling has been introduced (strong typing).
Here is post on forum where is shown how to do it in EPiServer 4.6x.