InfoPath Dev

I have a field which I have added some data validation to, however, when I preview the form the red asterisk appears in the text field. The field is not required but if the user fills it in I am trying to control the data that is submitted to the DB. Is there a way to use the validation without getting the red asterisk?

Thanks
Smitty

I don't know of any way to remove it.

Yeah, and if there was a way to do it, Greg would know - he's a l33t haxzor. HaHa.

Anyway - try using code - when your user presses "submit" have code run through all the fields that need to be formatted a specific way, and if one is not formatted correctly, abort submission, pop-up message that tells user to go back to the field and change the format. This is not InfoPath Data Validation persay, but it accomplishes the same thing.

Specifically, check out the onSubmitRequest() event. Put your code in there, and if something isn't how you want it, just abort the submission.

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Matt Faus