data binding not displaying data using InfoPath form - sharepoint

I have simple workflow where employee can request for product. This product submission was designed in Infopath. Manager then gets to Approve or Reject this Decision. I added tasks to Manager using "Collect Data from User" action in SPD, where I added Reject or Approve Checkboxes. But, I also want to design a form where he can also see who is the requester of Product, Product information which are stored in the List (lets say ListA) that this Workflow runs on.
For this, I click on the ManagerApproval.xsn in Forms box in SPD. Then I added new data connections to ListA, and selected option to get required information. Then, I added requesterName, productName etc in the form using queryFields. There are queryFields and dataFields, what is the difference between them ?
I then publish the form, but it doesn't display any value only empty text boxes, when Manager is approving the Request. Don't know whats wrong ? Thanks
EDIT : Using datafields, I can see the data. But, I see id of the product not the value (eg I see 1,2 not ProdA, ProdB). And, also I see the whole list of products in ListA, I only intend to see values for the current item. There is something like repeating section in Infopath form, when I drag fields into Form. How can I filter it to show values (infact only 1 value - 1 product name, 1 requstername not the whole list from previous requests and already completed) for the current item ?
OR Alternatively, is there any way to design Custom Form for Manager Approval using Infopath, so that this form can be called inside Workflow ?

query fields - are field names, which are defined in XML schema,
data fields are actual data
Use data fields instead of query fields.
When you create a connection you get data from SharePoint XML something like the sample below.
In this - contains the query fields: ows_LinkTitle
Node contains the data.
- <xml xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema">
- <s:Schema id="RowsetSchema">
- <s:ElementType name="row" content="eltOnly" rs:CommandTimeout="30">
- <s:AttributeType name="ows_LinkTitle" rs:name="Title" rs:number="1">
<s:datatype dt:type="string" dt:maxLength="512" />
</s:AttributeType>
</s:ElementType>
</s:Schema>
- <rs:data>
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="Central Programme Office" />
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="Communications" />
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="Educational Resources" />
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="Finance" />
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="General Practice" />
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="IT" />
<z:row ows_LinkTitle="Web and Branding" />
</rs:data>
</xml>

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jsf adf....
My code in adf jsf.
this code creates a choice list form the model....and I want that if user selects the perticular customer id from the select list the related address will be displayed in the next line. any idea and solution how to add or bind data control(for address attribute) for such that when the select item vales from the select list generated from the binded model(id attribute only) is selected then the related adrress will get displayed.
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<xe:this.dataProvider>
<xe:dominoViewNamePicker
labelColumn="IdName" viewName="viewCustomers">
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</xe:this.dataProvider>
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On my home page, I want a simple webpart that allow users to quickly fill an entry in a list.
The list have, let's say, three fields : title (text), body (rich text), category (lookup).
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is it the correct way to create a custom input webpart on the home page (not a list custom form) ?
how can I keep the behavior of the FormField (choose the right control and handle the input and its conversion to the storage format) ?
Will I have to create a custom ListFormWebPart ?
May I play with ControlTemplates ?
thanks in advance for the help... I'm struggling with this simple case for days now...
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See the following article:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/SharePointListForms.aspx

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