InfoPath Dev

Hi every one.

I am trying to use dates through my form.

Here is the scenario :
- If I open a new form, I would like the title bar to display some information, including the date (of the day like 20/08/2007)
- If I open an already existing form, it displays in the title bar the day the form was last modified.

I work with InfoPath Sp2 and JScript.
I can't find it in the InfoPathSDK :s

thanks for the help

Regards,
Romain 

hi i would use two fields and a dummy variable for that. The initial date I would get in the OnLoad event of the document like this: function XDocument::OnLoad(eventObj) { var dummy = 0; var date = new Date(); if(dummy == 0) { XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:myFields/my:newDate").text = date.toDateString(); dummy++; } } Then in the button click event after the updates are done an the form is resaved (you need a custom button for this) I would do a similar thing: var date = new Date(); XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:myFields/my:DateLastModified").text = date.toDateString(); Does this help ?

Hi,

You can set the today date and time value in title bar. You can write below the code in OnContextChange event.

thisXDocument.View.Window.Caption = DateTime.Now.ToString();

This method will call every time changes made on the form. For avoid this calling function you have to use one global variable.

 Hope this help you.

I tried to do this

var d = new Date();
XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:Observer/my:creation").text = d.toDateString();

in the code of my saving button, but it does not work :s.
It says : #PCDATA is in a nul content : <{http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2007-06-18T14:29:33}creation>.

and the line corresponding to  XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:Observer/my:creation").text = d.toDateString();

I decided to put only one element : the date of last modification. here is the scenario.
- First time, my element is empty and hidden. My button saves and quit, so before saving, I put the Now date into it.
- Open an existing form (just to read it). Nothing will be modified since he will quit using the red cross.
- Open an existing form to modify it. Since he is gonna save through my button, the Now date will be put inside my element.

 

What I wanted to do something like this (for the scenario of the existing form) but it does not work at all :

var uri = XDocument.URI;
var file = new File(u);
XDocument.View.Window.Caption = file.DateLastModified;

Any idea on those two points ?
 

Hi,

You have to write the below code in onContextChange event:

public void OnContextChange(DocContextChangeEvent e)

{

//Get the modified date. var modifiedDate = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:Observer/my:creation").text;

if(modifiedDate.length != 0)

   {

    XDocument.View.Window.Caption = modifiedDate;

   }

}

 For every time saving the form you have to set the modified date to above field(my:creation).

Hope this Help you

The only way I could sort out this problem was using a new entry in the primary data source.
Now it works great. Too bad InfoPath cannot get the file that he is opening, this would have solve the problem :s

 Thank you both for the help