InfoPath Dev

Hi there,

I'm developing a form and have come to a problem. Instead a repeating section, I want the users to be only able to enter values into three set fields for the same table.

To give you an example, I have a table where users can enter the number of a particular type of fruit that they'd like to order. I have only three types of fruit. I want them to have to enter a number for each type of fruit, instead of making the field a repeating section.

Instead of:
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FruitType Number
[drop-down containing fruit types] [*]
Insert new FruitType
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I want:
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FruitType Number
Orange *
Apple *
Pear *
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Is this possible at all?

Thanks,
Chris

I must be oversimplifying this... Use a regular section (instead of repeating) or even no section at all and put three textboxes beside the three fruits. The textboxes will default to zero and the user can change each one (data validation would be num >= 0). If you play around with the way the textboxes look you could get them to look however you want.

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FruitType Number
Orange [numOrange textbox default=0 datatype=integer]
Apple [numApple textbox default=0 datatype=integer]
Pear [numPear textbox default=0 datatype=integer]
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Hope this helps!

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Matt Faus

That's what I'm hoping to get to, but the reason why I started on a repeating section is because these will end up as specific rows withing a database table. (Sorry, I just realized that I didn't mention this in the first post.) The schema of this table will look like:

[CustomerID (int) | FruitType (int) | OrderAmount (int)]

You can see how I would naturally end up with a repeating section based on this table's schema, but I want to force insert 3 rows into this table with different FruitTypes.

I've tried playing around with your suggestion, but Infopath will map the text-boxes to the same data element. Whenever I type a number into one text-box it will replicate the result to the other two.

Thanks,
Chris

Use the repeating table you have and 4 regular fields, CustId, NoOranges, NoApples, NoPears

When the user has filled in the form and saves, closes or what ever, use this script to create 3 rows in the repeating table.

// get values
IXMLDOMNode CustID = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:MyFields/@CustID");
IXMLDOMNode NoOranges = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:MyFields/@Oranges");
IXMLDOMNode NoApples = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:MyFields/@Apples");
IXMLDOMNode NoPears = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:MyFields/@Pears");

// get a reference to the node the repeating table is bound to
IXMLDOMNode row = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("//d:repeatingtable1");
// make a copy of the node by cloning it
row = row.cloneNode(true);

// set the new values of the row#%92s fields for Oranges
row.selectSingleNode("@RepeatingTableID").text = "";
row.selectSingleNode("@CustID").text = CustID.text;
row.selectSingleNode("@Type").text = "1";
row.selectSingleNode("@Number").text = NoOranges.text;
// append the cloned row to the parent node
IXMLDOMNode parent = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields");
parent.appendChild(row);

// set the new values of the row#%92s fields for Apples
row.selectSingleNode("@RepeatingTableID").text = "";
row.selectSingleNode("@CustID").text = CustID.text;
row.selectSingleNode("@Type").text = "2";
row.selectSingleNode("@Number").text = NoApples.text;
// append the cloned row to the parent node
IXMLDOMNode parent = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields");
parent.appendChild(row);

// set the new values of the row#%92s fields for Pears
row.selectSingleNode("@RepeatingTableID").text = "";
row.selectSingleNode("@CustID").text = CustID.text;
row.selectSingleNode("@Type").text = "3";
row.selectSingleNode("@Number").text = NoPears.text;
// append the cloned row to the parent node
IXMLDOMNode parent = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields");
parent.appendChild(row);

Ok, this worked for me after lots of tidying up on one of my forms. Also you'll have to put in the first row straight into the database as this can only clone and paster rows not create them.

I posted this in a rush, ask if i did something silly

quote:

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Originally posted by Stavi

Use the repeating table you have and 4 regular fields, CustId, NoOranges, NoApples, NoPears

When the user has filled in the form and saves, closes or what ever, use this script to create 3 rows in the repeating table.

...

Ok, this worked for me after lots of tidying up on one of my forms. Also you'll have to put in the first row straight into the database as this can only clone and paster rows not create them.

I posted this in a rush, ask if i did something silly

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Thanks for the help Stavi! I'll give it a try.

Hi Stavi,

I mofied the code in the example given.  Here is my code

Dim newVal1 As String

Dim row, parent As MSXML.IXMLDOMNode

If thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:App1171/@A174Q15a1").text = "Y" Then

thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:App1171/d:DHS1171_Application/d:DHS1171_HouseholdMember/d:DHS1171_OtherIncomes/@IncomeSourceType").text = "RSDI"

newVal1 = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:App1171/d:DHS1171_Application/d:DHS1171_HouseholdMember/d:DHS1171_OtherIncomes/@IncomeSourceType").text

'get a reference to the node the repeating table is bound to

row = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:App1171/d:DHS1171_Application/d:DHS1171_HouseholdMember/d:DHS1171_OtherIncomes/")

'make a copy of the node by cloning it

row = row.cloneNode(True)

'set the new values

row.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:App1171/d:DHS1171_Application/d:DHS1171_HouseholdMember/d:DHS1171_OtherIncomes/@IncomeSourceType").text = "Select..."

'append the cloned row to the parent node

parent = thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:App1171/d:DHS1171_Application/d:DHS1171_HouseholdMember")

parent.appendChild(row)

End If

It makes it thru the clone process w/o any errors but I never see the new row on my form.  Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.

 

Thanks! 

 

hi,

I am using infoPath 2007, i need to insert rows in to repeating section.

I am having only xmlNavigator. I have one repeater section which contain two text boxs.

I need to add the value at run time. no of section are known only at run time.

Can any help to add new row inside the repeating section.

Hi:

What does your code look like thus far? How do you know how many new rows you need to add? Is this based on another data connection, or something the user enters?

Hi,

 i am using web service as data source. It will return the dataset. based on the no of rows in datatable, i have to create the repeater section. I also have to provide the user with option for inserting new fields in the repeating section and updatind the existing fields. Newly inserted fields informations are submited to the Database using web service.

So can you help me to achieve this.

 

Thanks,

Hi Skumar38,

Here's a new document that describes how to do this with qRules v2.2

http://www.infopathdev.com/files/folders/qrules/entry58577.aspx