InfoPath Dev

Is it possible to display a section a number of times on a view?

For example, I have a section I need to be displayed 3 times,
but in design mode I want to make changes to the section once, and when the end user runs the form, it will show the 3 sections.

This might be possible if I use a repeating section and predetermine the amount of entries in the repeating section, but I am not sure how to do this.
However, I'd rather be able to create a section, and be able to place it wherever I wanted in the view, and when I changed the section, all other copied section would change accordingly.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

Hi,

Why don't you just copy the section once you worked on it at design time and paste it as many times as you want in the same view?

Regards,

Franck Dauché
InfoPathDev

Thanks for the quick reply franck,

but the problem with copying a section, is that when I need to make changes at a later stage, I'd have to make the changes across all the sections that were made.

I'd rather be able to make the ammendments once, and let them flow through to all the sections.

I am a little confused here. If the other sections are just a copy of your original section, can you delete the old copies and copy and paste again? I must be missing something.

Regards,

Franck Dauché
InfoPathDev

Hi RJohnson,
Set minOccurs=3 and it will show up three times. You can do this via the schema

Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPathDev

Thanks for the reply Patrick,

It took me a while to work out how the minOccurs works, but I understand it now.

I edited the schema, but got an error "x-soln://... 'minOccurs' > 'maxOccurs'."

I later realised that once I had made the change in the "myschema.xsd" file, I had to go into design mode and make a small change, eg: add a space, then save the file. Only then would the new minOccurs be recognised.

This still doesn't allow me to create a section that can be dynamically repeated anywhere on a view, such as in between text or pictures. However, being able to repeat a given section via repeating sections is a good workaround for me.

- Reg