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I used the getuserprofilebyname() method to obtain information about the current user in InfoPath form. <br />
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My question is:<br />
How can we pass in an account name or username to this data connection to obtain information (i.e. email addres, department, full name, etc) about other user(s)..?
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I used the getuserprofilebyname() method to obtain information about the current user in InfoPath form. 

My question is:
How can we pass in an account name or username to this data connection to obtain information (i.e. email addres, department, full name, etc) about other user(s)..?

SharePoint user profile services

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft InfoPath is a software application for designing, distributing, filling and submitting electronic forms containing structured data. The product features a WYSIWYG form designer in which the various controls (e.g. textbox, radio button, checkbox) are bound to data, represented separately as a hierarchical tree view of folders and data fields. All the data stored in InfoPath forms are stored in an XML format. Secondary data sources can be built into the form or they can be accessed through an external data connection to SharePoint or a Web service.