InfoPath Dev

Hi,

Is it possible to create 'x' instances of a repeating section based on a number stored in a field?

ie. 5 in 'numberOfSections' results in 5 instances of Section

Erich

Hello Erich,

InfoPath doesn't have any built-in functionality to do this, but it's a piece of cake with qRules.  You can just concatenate the number into the Insert command:

concat('Insert /parent=parentXpath /child=childXpath /count=', numberOfSections)

You can do something like this as a work around:

Conditional formating -> The expression -> "position() > numberOfSections" -> Hide This Section.

Use this form as a reference. They use a dropdown list to change some values, but i dont see why you couldn't do it with a text box.

 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/infopath/archive/2006/09/09/748003.aspx

Also, you will need add the maximum number of sections allowed to the default values. If the max number is way too big then this may not be very effiecient.

Tools -> Default Values -> find your group and click on the dropdown on the right -> Add another Group below.

This should do the trick, let me know if this works for you or not.

Lockdown,

I just have one problem, for 'position() > numberOfSections', what is the correct syntax for numberOfSections?

For example, if in javascript I would extract it as XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:myFields/my:numberOfSections") what would it look like in the condition?

Erich

It would just be the Xpath for that element: /my:myFields/my:numberOfSections.

Just copy this for your conditional expression: position() > /my:myFields/my:numberOfSections

Worked like a charm,

Thanks for your help!

Not a problem! Glad to help.