InfoPath Dev

Hi

I have a form that is work client based. I have repeating table in the form. users can select Item and click the " delete " button in the keyboard, So the content will remove. how can I limit the delete ? They should insert Item but not to have delete permission.

Is there any solution?

Hi Firouz,

If you want to prevent them from deleting data in items within a repeating table there are several techniques:

1. Disable inserts and deletes the table
   TODO> doube click repeating table blue button in the designer and under default settings uncheck allow inserts and deletes
• Pros: easy to do
• Cons: heavy-handed
2. Make fields read-only
   TODO> double click the cells in each column and check read-only on Display tab
• Pros: easy to do
• Cons: can't add data to cells, but rows can still be inserted or deleted
3. Disable inserts and deletes using a condition
   TODO> double click the repeating table blue button in the designer and add a conditional formatting rule to disable insert/delete
• Pros: easy to do, you can use the expression condition of "1=1" to make it always true
• Cons: only good for read only items, but you can add a button to insert new items if you use qRules
4. Make previously entered rows read-only
   TODO> add a conditional formatting rule that makes the value read-only based on some condition (for example, already entered data)
• Pros: supports entering new data
• Cons: last row is editable until new row is added, semi-complex xpath required to compare current index of row with count of table to allow entering new data, but easy

Best of luck!