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• Swap the AD Alias and Name Fields in Place

  In this tutorial you will learn how to use perform an in-place swap of an Active Directory alias and display name so as to conserve space in the view. This sample uses a text field and a button along with conditional formatting, rules and data validation... Posted Oct 09 2009, 02:53 PM by Greg Collins with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Rules, Data Validation, Conditional Formatting, Greg Collins, DisplayName, ADWS, Alias

• Switch Views via Code and Rules

  There will be times when you will want to switch views during unsupported events, such as the OnAfterChange event. Due to technical reasons in the underlying platform, InfoPath only allows you to switch views during the OnLoad event and the OnClick event... Posted Jun 10 2005, 03:04 PM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: Rules, Code, Views

• Keep Track of List Selections

  At some point it might be necessary to keep track of order of the selections a user makes in a single list box or drop-down list box. You can accomplish this by writing your own code in an OnAfterChange event handler, or you can use rules. In this task... Posted Jun 09 2005, 06:56 AM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: Rules, Code, Lists

• Bringing Expressions Out of the Box

  I uncovered this problem on 2004.09.17. I actually noticed it happening several weeks earlier, but didn't have the time then to find out what was going on. I've reported this problem to Microsoft. In order to avoid numerous potential problems... Posted Sep 17 2004, 04:44 PM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: Rules, Views, Expression Boxes, Conditional Formatting, Workarounds, Bugs

• Use Code to Determine a Rule Condition

  One of the great and power features InfoPath provides is the xdExtension prefix. This feature allows your form to call into your code from areas like conditional formatting. It provides you with greater flexibility in determining the validity of a condition... Posted Sep 15 2004, 05:20 PM by Greg Collins with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Rules, Code, xdExtension, Greg Collins

• Order of Processing at OnClick

  In InfoPath, the order of processing when a user clicks a button is: Rules Code When you write your OnClick event handler, take into account that any rules associated with the button will be processed before the code is reached. This can be very useful... Posted Jul 15 2004, 10:00 AM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: Rules, Code, Buttons, OnClick

• Identify the Current Table Row

  If you are trying to identify the current table row so that you can make modifications to other field in that row, the safest thing to do is to make those modifications using code. This will be the fastest (performance-wise) solution. You can see how... Posted Jul 08 2004, 11:54 AM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: XPath, Rules, Repeating Tables, preceding-sibling, count, number, current

• Using Rules to Update Fields in a Table Row

  While working today on my example form, Populating Table Row After Selection (Rules) , I had an epiphany—a possible way of accomplishing this without resorting to manually editing the XSL or using code. The concept was to create a Support secondary... Posted Jul 06 2004, 04:28 PM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: Rules, Repeating Tables, Workarounds, Bugs

• Too Lazy to Switch Views

  STATUS: Fixed in InfoPath 2003 SP1 DESCRIPTION: While working on a project for Microsoft, Patrick Halstead and I were using some complex Open Rules and were having trouble getting things to work right. So, under the pressure of a deadline, we decided... Posted Jul 01 2004, 04:37 PM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: OnLoad, Rules, Views, Workarounds, Bugs

• I Just Can't Keep the Rules!

  STATUS: Potentially fixed in InfoPath 2003 SP2. DESCRIPTION: I uncovered this bug on 2004-02-17 and reported it to my Microsoft contacts. It was at that point unknown to Microsoft. The rules that you defined actually remain in the manifest. The bug is... Posted Jun 29 2004, 05:57 PM by Greg Collins with | with no comments Filed under: Rules, Visual Studio, Managed Code, Workarounds, Bugs, ruleSets, domEventHandlers, OnAfterChange

• Order of Processing at Startup

  In InfoPath SP1, the order of processing at startup of a form is: User Roles Open Rules OnLoad event handler OnSwitchView event handler The User Roles are processed first so that when the Open Rules are evaluated that they can take into account the current... Posted Jun 26 2004, 01:16 PM by Greg Collins with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: OnSwitchView, OnLoad, Roles, Rules, Launch