InfoPath Dev

Hi, I have an urgent requirement to add Dynamic table control in Infopath.

User should be able to

1) Add/Delete columns at runtime

2) Set width of columns at runtime.

3) Add rich text data in table cell.

Bascially I need to provide all features which a word table provides. I have to provide a word like table control to add data.

I tried to build a table using horizontal repeating table inside a repeating table but it it doesn't work. Width cannot be set at runtime. Also I cannot control the behaviour of all rows of a horizontal table in a row so that If height of one row of horizontal table is changed then height for all rows should be set accordingly.

So now I am looking for some other ideas. Is there any table custom control which can be added? Has someone tried using Flexgrid control? How does it works?

Please help. 

Thanks,

Shweta

change the type off fields in the table to to rich text (XHTML).

Thanks for the reply.

I have created my own table inside preserve block.

Below is my data structure:

TCBlock_Table
 TCBlock_Table_AttrGroup 
  TCBlock_Table_Attr
   TCBlock_Table_Attr_Name
   TCBlock_Table_Attr_Width
 TCBlock_Table_CatGroup 
  TCBlock_Table_Cat
   TCBlock_Table_Cat_Name
   TCBlock_Table_Cat_Width
 TCBlock_Table_Row_Group 
  TCBlock_Table_Row
   TCBlock_Table_Col_Group 
    TCBlock_Table_Col
     TCBlock_Table_Data
     TCBlock_Table_Col_Width

Schema:

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_AttrGroup" minOccurs="0"/>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Row_Group" minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_AttrGroup">

<xsd:sequence>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:element>

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Attr_Name" minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:element>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_Attr_Width" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Cat" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_Cat">

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Cat_Width" minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_Cat_Name" type="xsd:string"/>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_Row_Group">

<xsd:sequence>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:element>

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Col_Group" minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:element>

<xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Col" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_Col">

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element ref="my:TCBlock_Table_Col_Width" minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_Data">

<xsd:sequence>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:element>

<xsd:element name="TCBlock_Table_CondNoIndex" type="xsd:string"/>

Here's the code for reference:

<xsl:template match="my:TCBlock_Table" mode="xd:preserve">
  <table class="xdRepeatingTable msoUcTable" title="" style="TABLE-LAYOUT:

fixed;  BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none;

BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; WORD-WRAP: break-word; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" border="1"

borderColor="buttontext" xd:CtrlId="CTRL1"

xmlns:ipApp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2006/XPathExtension/ipApp">
   <colgroup>
    <xsl:for-each

select="my:TCBlock_Table_AttrGroup/my:TCBlock_Table_Attr">
     <col></col>
    </xsl:for-each>
   </colgroup>
   <tbody>
    <tr style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e1e1e1;">
     <xsl:for-each

select="my:TCBlock_Table_CatGroup/my:TCBlock_Table_Cat">
      <!--<td

style="WIDTH:my:TCBlock_Table_Col_Width; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px;

PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; ">-->
      <xsl:value-of

select="xdExtension:getOpenTDTag(string(my:TCBlock_Table_Cat_Width))"

disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>
      <span class="xdTextBox" hideFocus="1"

border="0" title="" tabIndex="-1" xd:disableEditing="yes" xd:CtrlId="CTRL13"

xd:xctname="PlainText" xd:binding="my:TCBlock_Table_Attr_Name" style=" TEXT-ALIGN: center;

BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e1e1e1;OVERFLOW-Y: visible;WIDTH: 100%; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-WRAP:

break-word ;BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none;

BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none;">
       <xsl:value-of

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Cat_Name"></xsl:value-of>
      </span>
      <!--<xsl:apply-templates

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Cat_Name" mode="xd:preserve"></xsl:apply-templates>-->
      <xsl:value-of

select="xdExtension:getCloseTDTag()" disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>
     </xsl:for-each>
    </tr>
   </tbody>
   <tbody>
    <!--class="xdTableHeader"-->
    <tr>
     <xsl:for-each

select="my:TCBlock_Table_AttrGroup/my:TCBlock_Table_Attr">
      <!--<td

style="WIDTH:{xdXDocument:GetNamedNodeProperty(., 'TCColWidth', '10px')}; PADDING-RIGHT:

0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; ">-->
      <xsl:value-of

select="xdExtension:getOpenTDTag(string(my:TCBlock_Table_Attr_Width))"

disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>
      <span class="xdTextBox" hideFocus="1"

border="0" title="" tabIndex="-1" xd:disableEditing="yes" xd:CtrlId="CTRL13"

xd:xctname="PlainText" xd:binding="my:TCBlock_Table_Attr_Name" style=" TEXT-ALIGN: center;

OVERFLOW-Y: visible;WIDTH: 100%; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-WRAP: break-wordl;

;BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none;

BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none;">
       <xsl:value-of

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Attr_Name"></xsl:value-of>
      </span>
      <xsl:value-of

select="xdExtension:getCloseTDTag()" disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>
     </xsl:for-each>
    </tr>
   </tbody>
   <tbody xd:xctname="RepeatingTable">
    <xsl:for-each

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Row_Group/my:TCBlock_Table_Row">
     <tr>
      <xsl:for-each

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Col_Group/my:TCBlock_Table_Col">
       <!--<td

style="WIDTH:{xdXDocument:GetNamedNodeProperty(., 'TCColWidth', '10px')}; PADDING-RIGHT:

0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; ">-->
       <xsl:value-of

select="xdExtension:getOpenTDTag(string(my:TCBlock_Table_Col_Width))"

disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>
       <span class="xdRichTextBox"

hideFocus="1" title="" tabIndex="0" xd:CtrlId="CTRL11" xd:xctname="RichText"

xd:binding="my:TCBlock_Table_Data" border="0" style="WIDTH: 100%; HEIGHT: 20px;

BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; WORD-WRAP:

break-word; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none">
        <xsl:copy-of

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Data/node()"></xsl:copy-of>
        <div></div>
       </span>
       <!--<xsl:apply-templates

select="my:TCBlock_Table_Data" mode="xd:preserve"></xsl:apply-templates>-->
       <xsl:value-of

select="xdExtension:getCloseTDTag()" disable-output-escaping="yes"></xsl:value-of>
      </xsl:for-each>
     </tr>
    </xsl:for-each>
   </tbody>
  </table>
 </xsl:template>