https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/24556.aspxMon, 19 Nov 2007 21:57:24 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:24556Clay Fox0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/24556.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=24556<p>I would use conditions in&nbsp;a rule maybe place it on the Outstanding Flag&nbsp;check box and make one for true and false if necessary and pull the check out of the formula.</p> <p>So create a rule with a condition OM=1 setfield with formula where you replace not(not(Outstanding_flag)) with 1</p> <p>Hope that helps</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/24555.aspxMon, 19 Nov 2007 20:28:36 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:24555gotmilk19770https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/24555.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=24555<p>I&#39;m trying to create a conditional default for a field and am having problems with the &quot;else&quot; clause.</p> <p>&nbsp;Formula:&nbsp; concat(substring(outstanding_max, 1, not(not(Outstanding_Flag)) * string-length(outstanding_max)), substring(no_outstanding_max, 1, (not(Outstanding_Flag)) * string-length(no_outstanding_max)))</p> <p>&nbsp;Outstanding_flag is a checkbox defaulted to checked with a value of 1 for yes and 0 for clear.&nbsp; Outstanding Max and no_outstanding_max are both textboxes that resolve to 30 and 20 respectively.&nbsp; My problem is that I can&#39;t ever get the false condition (2nd substring) to fire.&nbsp; Whether the checkbox is checked or not it always fires the first substring.</p>