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I'm new to InfoPath, using 2003, and know nothing about code.  I am trying to get the same set of questions to repeat based on the number of servers the user enters in a text box.  For example, if the users enters that they have 5 servers, then the question set appears 5 times, or it appears 50 times if they enter 50 servers.  Is this possible?  I've tried many times with rules and conditions, but to no avail.  Thanks in advance.

Welcome Erik.

Is this data going to a data base or just staying in the form?

You would need a field for each question in your repeating node.  Then the user would insert a new section or repeating table for each server until they had cover all of them.  Same result but a slightly different way to get there. Have them insert each one as they need instead of prebuilding a number. They would insert a section or records for each server they have.

You would need code to insert the number of rows in advance.  I know Greg has some blog posts on doing this here on InfoPathdev.  Unfortunately there is not a method via rules.

Another half-baked idea would be to use conditional formatting and only show the user the rows up to the number that is in the field. Add a hidden field called Position to your repeating section and default the value to count(../preceding-sibling:my:Group) + 1. Then, select the row, right click and choose Conditional Formatting. Add a rule that says when Position is greater than the server number field with the action to hide to row. This is half-baked because people could still add rows but they would only see the ones up to the number of servers.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the input.

I like Patrick's Idea.

 You could make a set of 50 or whatever your maximum was then just show the user the subset that they need.  That may be the easiest way of letting them pre pick a number of sets.