Newbie Questions

Re: how to add Anchor Tags in Infopath 2007

gtg864m — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:01:55 GMT

lottoj,

Did you find a solution for 2007?

Re: how to add Anchor Tags in Infopath 2007

lottoj — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:52:22 GMT

There was a way to do it in InfoPath 2003 but it required that you manually edit the XSL file for the view to add the anchor tag with a name and modify the link to it to point to the name of the anchor you created.

Theoretically, it SHOULD work in InfoPath 2007. I recently upgraded and it's not working at the moment. I'm assuming (or perhaps hoping) that it's something minor I'm missing as opposed to a change in 2007. Here's a quick example of what you do to modify the XSL. (NOTE: You can break your view if you're not familiar with XSL/HTML so if you want to try this, make a copy of the view before you attempt any modifications.)

Locate where you want to jump to and add this tag within the HTML (it must be within an <xsl:template> tag) :

Modify the hyperlink that you already created, to

<a href="http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/EditPost.aspx?PostID=38404&ReturnUrl=%2fforums%2fp%2f7183%2f38404.aspx%2338404#[ANCHORNAME]" xd:disableEditing="yes">[ANCHORNAME]</a> (THE FORUM KEEPS INSERTING SOME EXTRA STUFF INTO THE HREF BUT THE VALUE AFTER THE HREF SHOULD BE A # SIGN PLUS THE NAME OF THE ANCHOR. SO, EXCLUDING THE EXTRA SPACES H R E F ="#[ANCHORNAME]" HOPEFULLY, THAT MAKES SENSE.)

I'll post an update if I can figure out what the problem is in 2007 (Or if someone knows for a fact that 2007 changed in such a way to break this, I would appreciate the info).

Re: how to add Anchor Tags in Infopath 2007

Greg Collins — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:52:12 GMT

I apologize for misunderstanding your question. I was talking about hyperlinks, you were talking about anchors (which are a form of hyperlink). InfoPath does not support anchors. There is no good way to jump to a specific portion of the view from within InfoPath. There are methods for selecting fields or text within fields... but these are clumbsy at best, though they might offer you what you need. You will need to have code for the selection features.

Re: how to add Anchor Tags in Infopath 2007

ya101 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:42:15 GMT

Thanks for the answer

still have problem to use hyperlink

from radio option i choose Data source and choose the section to jump for.

when i run it empty ie browser was open.

do you know other way to jump to some section inthe same view

Thanks

Ron

Re: how to add Anchor Tags in Infopath 2007

Greg Collins — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:59:33 GMT

In the Controls task pane, insert a Hyperlink control.

how to add Anchor Tags in Infopath 2007

ya101 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:49:43 GMT

Thanks,Ron