Newbie Questions

Re: problem with current() in repeating table

GazM — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:26:42 GMT

Tom

If you haven't already found a solution to this problem, try this one

http://www.infopathdev.com/blogs/matt/archive/2006/04/18/Automatically-Populate-Fields-from-a-Drop_2D00_Down-Selection.aspx

It worked for me.

Gary

Re: problem with current() in repeating table

Greg Collins — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:39:16 GMT

Your correct XPath entirely depends upon exactly what current() evaluates to. For example, if current() evaluates to my:group2, then current()/my:ddlTeamName makes sense. However, if current() evaluates to my:group2/my:SomeOtherField, then you would need to use a relative XPath to get back to the one you want, like this: current()/../my:ddlTeamName.

You need to know what current() evaluates to in order to use it properly.

problem with current() in repeating table

Tom_Regan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:29:12 GMT

I'm using InfoPath 2003 SP2.

I have a repeating table in an InfoPath form. When an item is selected in a drop-down (ddlTeamname) I want to automatically populate a textbox. The dropdown is filled by a secondary data source called "Contacts".

This does not work; it fills the textbox with the first element in the data source, no matter what is selected in ddlTeamname:

xdXDocument:GetDOM("Contacts")/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/dfs:Contacts/@E-mail_Address[../@Full_Name = xdXDocument:get-DOM()/my:myFields/my:group1/my:group2/my:ddlTeamName]

From reading several posts on the site, I understand that I need to substitute "current()" for the call to "get-DOM" to get the value selected in the dropdown ddlTeamName. But, when I try using current() (like below) I get nothing in the textbox:

xdXDocument:GetDOM("Contacts")/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/dfs:Contacts/@E-mail_Address[../@Full_Name = current()/my:myFields/my:group1/my:group2/my:ddlTeamName]

I've tried every possible path after current() (taking away each level one-by-one, until I'm calling "current()/my:ddlTeamname", but my textbox never fills.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?