InfoPath Dev

Hi there,

Does anyone know how I can add the header again after a automatic page break has occured when printing? Im new to this.

At the moment the table just runs across the page breaks with no headings and is confusing to say the least.

Also could anyone recommend a good book for a beginner in infopath. I am a Visual Studio .NET developer and I know a small amout about XML and XPATH.

Thanks!

Adam Smith - Tutor @ Barnfield College

Hi Adam,

Welcome on board!

Yes It's one big probleme of infopath it is not making for print the form. And this type of things is not possible

The better way is make an XSL transformation to another format! for example pdf, word, openoffice,...

or you have the tools for convert your infopath form to word but that don't work very good!

For the book, you have a list here:
http://www.infopathdev.com/resources/books/default.aspx

Personnaly, if you are looking for a book with more advanced InfoPath topics, examples, and help then Developing Solutions with Microsoft InfoPath is the one for you! Congratulations to co-author Patrick Halstead, co-owner of the InfoPath Dev web site, on publishing his first book.

Developing Solutions with Microsoft InfoPath
ISBN: 0735621160
Publisher: Microsoft Press

From the Publisher:
Learn how to use common design patterns to build innovative, XML-based enterprise solutions faster-with guidance from two veterans of the Microsoft InfoPath development team. A new program in the Microsoft Office System, InfoPath offers a rich development environment for creating a dynamic, easy-to-use, forms-based front end for business process and workflow solutions. The authors walk you through a three-tiered solution featuring InfoPath as the client, Web services and Microsoft BizTalk® in the middle tier, and Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Exchange Server, or line-of-business applications on the back end. You'll learn best practices for using the most common design and deployment patterns to expedite your development efforts. And you'll see InfoPath in action through a series of vertical industry case-study examples.

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Thierry

Hey,

Thanks for your swift reply! I have ordered the book and I'm looking forwards to reading it! I think ill get some web services going and get some output forms developed then if thats the case.

Just a side question... Will this feature be implemented at a later date because I would think it is very helpful?

Thanks

Adam Smith - Tutor @ Barnfield College

Adam,

Another (and I think easier) solution to this problem uses JScript and a nested DOM structure to accomplish the same thing (albeit, losing a lot of performance). To get started check out this threadhttp://www.infopathdev.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1076 and then stay tuned in the next couple of days for a new How-To article addressing this exact issue and explaining how to repeat table headers across pages.

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Matt Faus

Hi Matt,

I did actually see that one but my brain slid out of my ear looking at all that Java Script. Ill have a read then but im definately looking forwards to that topic!

Just a side thought... If I control the page breaks manually by using a repeating section with a page break at the top and a repeating table nested within the section too - when I make a new section it will put a page break in and a new table..

I tried this but it makes a copy of the previous section.. information and all! Just for the moment do you know how to make a 'default' section appear and not a copy of the previous section appear?

Thanks!

Adam Smith - Tutor @ Barnfield College

If you are using JScript to clone the section and insert it you will want to use .cloneNode(false). The false means that you will be cloning without "deep" mode. However, when you clone using this method you will have to manually .appendChild() all of the children of the section that you want to see displayed. Alternatively, you can go ahead and use the .cloneNode(true), copy all substructures under the node you are cloning, and then overwrite all of the copied nodes (to blank if you like).

I think .cloneNode( true ) with overwrite would be a little easier because you will be doing less cloning and more read/write.

If you're not asking about copying using code, I'm not sure that I understand your question.

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Matt Faus

Im not talking about any code at the moment. I would rather leave it out if I can at the moment as I'm just starting. I mean having a repeating section with a nested page break and then my table with the header nested too... Then when the size of the page gets too big I can just click repeat section... I know its a bit lame but it will work until I have time to do some proper code.

The problem is when I click on the new section tab it clones the table structure nested inside it. Is there any way to just create a default instance with just the header and a blank row?

Thanks for your time,

Adam Smith - Tutor @ Barnfield

Not without using code. At least, not that I know of.

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Matt Faus

Hmmm... I think I'm confused, but I wonder if you could have a repeating section with a page break at the top. Each section has a repeating table bound to same location in schema but with different display offset (this might require some trickiness). Clicking the hack button just inserts another repeating section, page break, header and all. Not sure if this would work though.

Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]
InfoPathDev

I have posted an example of how to handle repeating headers across pages in a codeless way in here: http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/post/21817.aspx