InfoPath Dev

Hi,

Has anyone come across this strange behaviour in IP2010? When hiding a section control (via a checkbox and formatting rules) in a browser form (InfoPath 2010) - it seems to also reset any values shown in calculated controls.

For example, a simple form with:

• a text control (myField1)
• a mirrored calculated value control (displaying the value of myField1)
  
• checkbox and a section (checking the checkbox hides the section)
  

When viewing the form in the browser, myField1 starts off empty. After typing "Test" into the text control and moving focus, the calculated value corrects updates and shows "Test". However, if the checkbox is now ticked, causing the section to hide, the calculated value resets and displays nothing (even though the text control still says "Test")

Is this a bug with Infopath 2010? Any way around this? 

This behaviour does not happen using Infopath Filler - the calculated value stays the same as whatever's entered in the text control

So, extrapolate this to a big form with lots of controls where the user has spent a long time inputting data. Hiding a section would then cause a lot of confusion when any calculated values get reset

Cheers

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Can you be sure the calculated value is displayed again? Perhaps it is still hiding - the checkbox control didn't postback.

You could try putting a border around the calculated value, so you'd know for sure when it displays.

You could also try setting the postback on the checkbox control to Always (under the control's properties, browser tab). Usually, for "works in filler, not in browser" I start with postback settings....

Hi Hilary,

I can confirm the calculated value is redisplayed if I change the value in the Text box to something else and tab away. It's definitely not being hidden by any formatting rules. Only the section control is hidden.

I'll play around with the Postback settings when I'm back in the office.

It's a very odd bug...

Cheers

 

When you have differences in behavior between the client and server, the first culprit is likely the postback settings.  If that's not the solution, then it's likely a bug! :)

I'm thinking when you change the field and tab out the form probably sends data to the server (including the current value of the field bound to the checkbox).

Changing the Postback settings did the trick. Thanks for that - very helpful!