InfoPath Dev

Hi there, I've did a search for this, and my very limited coding knowledge / experience has only made it rather confusing. what is the easiest way to define a variable within a form? So far I have only managed to do this via a secondary data source........ thanks, Neil

So - what do you mean here? Are you writing custom code for your form and you need a variable in the code? Or do you need a form field that you can store data in? A little more information would help....

Hi Hilary, thanks for your reply and apologies for my unclear question. I guess I'm just wondering how to declare a simple variable that I can use in my form. E.g. in MS Access, I would do something l;ike var MyVar = "Neil" But I don't know how to define such a variable in InfoPath - although i think, from experimenting, I just need to create a text field? thanks, Neil

Yes, just create a text field, give it a meaningful name, and, if you wish, set a default value for it. You can have fields in your data source that don't have controls on the form - sometimes we need fields for things that the user doesn't need to see or change (a status field that gets set via rules would be an example of this). Often, you can use a secondary data source (XML file included with the form in the resource files) for logic or view information that doesn't need to be persisted - say you have a section you want to be able to show or hide via a button click, you might have a field in a secondary data source named "show" and base your conditional formatting around its value.

Thank you Hilary.