Newbie Questions

Re: Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

Anuma — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:01:01 GMT

Hi,

First you need to get the parent node of the required fields or parent node of the form and replace the child nodes of that parent node.

Re: Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

ezack — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:10:04 GMT

After you delete the Errors collection, how can it be reloaded? For example, if the user hits the save button and continues working. All the screen tips and * are gone...

Re: Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

Kousoku — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:48:58 GMT

Thanks Anuma,

That worked great!

Re: Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

Anuma — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Hi,

Use following code in infopath2007.

this.Errors.DeleteAll();

Re: Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

Kousoku — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:38:02 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply Santhosh.

I forgot to mention I am using Infopath 2007 so thisXDocument does not exist. Would you possibly know how to achieve this in 2007?

Thanks.

Re: Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

santhoshp — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:11:51 GMT

Hi,

Use the following code in 'Save' button Onclick event. It overrides validations on 'Save' button.

thisXDocument.Errors.DeleteAll();

Overriding validation possible when submitting a browser based form?

Kousoku — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:02:56 GMT

Hi all,

I have found this forum very useful, being very new to Infopath, and have learnt a lot from other posts. I've tried to search for an answer to my question on here and have not been able to find anything. Hoping someone can help please?

Basically, I have a browser based form which is launched from a Sharepoint site. I enable users to save the relatively long form in a Sharepoint library so that they can revisit it and complete it fully at a later stage.

This is done by having a custom "Save" button which uses a data connection for submitting the form to a library with a default filename. (Ultimately, when they are ready to submit the completed form, the user can click a separate "Submit" button which submits the form to another library).

Anyway, because I have validation on certain fields (e.g. Cannot be blank), when the user clicks on the custom "Save" button, it won't allow the user to save because obviously the "Save" button uses a submit action, which complains to the user that there are validation errors.

Is there a way to override the validation on this particular submit action ("Save") and only have it in place for the proper submit action ("Submit")?

Hope that all makes sense... Would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks.