InfoPath Dev

First, there are at least two typos in the qRules v4.2 User Guide 2012-09-05.pdf documentation. On page 9 of 87, the DateDiff example for concat is missing a comma after the first element and the quotes in the document are smart quotes so they don't copy-and-paste well into InfoPath. http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Disable_Smart_Quotes_in_Word_2007

Second, I am not able to get DateDiff to work with the /resultxpath switch. My target field for the results is in my Main data source.

Attempt: concat("DateDiff /date1=", settlementDate, " /date2=", ., " /component=days /resultxpath=", calcSettlementDateMinusMaturityDate)
Result: Calculation result is sent to the qRules Result node and not the target field, no errors

Attempt: concat("DateDiff /date1=", settlementDate, " /date2=", ., " /component=days /resultxpath=/my:debtNote/my:helperFields/my:calcSettlementDateMinusMaturityDate")
Result: Calculation result is sent to the qRules Result node and not the target field, no errors

Am I missing something with the syntax?

Hi - thanks for letting us know about the typos.

To use the resultxpath, you use the second syntax - with the full XPath to the result node. I've attached a sample that shows this working. Did you use the Copy XPath function in InfoPath to get the XPath to your field?

not to hi-jack but my question is very similar

 I'm using DateAdd with a /reslutxpath.  it works fine in the preview (filer?).  then I set the form to full trust, saved, admin published.  The form comes up fine in a web browser, but I don't see anything in my field that is suppose to get the result.

My command :  concat("DateAdd /xpath=/my:myFields/my:ProjectStartDate /months=", ., " /resultxpath=/my:myFields/my:ProjectEndDate")

Do you have postback set to always on the field or button that executes the command?

Hilary,

Yes, I used the CopyXPath command in InfoPath to identify /my:debtNote/my:helperFields/my:calcSettlementDateMinusMaturityDate as the target node.

How odd that it works in my sample form and not in your form. Can you email me your form? I can take a quick look.

I had set the form up with two rules; calculate then set my field to the result node value. I went in to add the above code before sending the form to you so you can see the error, and now the code is working.

I copy-and-pasted the code from InfoPath into the post, then copied the code from the post back to InfoPath to avoid any typos. Something else must have been wrong/quirky.