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Re: missing display tab infopath 2010

Anson Hidajat — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:26:59 GMT

Glad I could help out :)

Good luck!

Re: missing display tab infopath 2010

strangeloop — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:17:35 GMT

Wow! Thank you so much for replying Anson! I wasn't expecting such a fantastic and detailed answer as this, so I'm really appreciative of the time and effort you have given. Thank you!

Re: missing display tab infopath 2010

Anson Hidajat — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:56:14 GMT

Conditional formatting has been moved to the Rules Manager in InfoPath 2010. So instead of the instructions above do the following:

Click the Administrators section and click Manage Rules on the Home tab.
In the Rules Manager click New -> Formatting
Click the link under Condition to bring up the Condition dialog
In the first field, click Select a field or group

In the Data Source pulldown, select the GetCommonMemberships secondary data source
Drill down the dataFields path until you get to DisplayName, which you should single-click
At the bottom of this box where it says Select, choose the phrase All occurrences of DisplayName, then click OK

For the Operand, choose are not equal to
In the last box, click the pulldown and choose Select a field or group, then choose strAdmin from the main data source
Lastly, in the Formatting area, check the box for Hide this control

Hope that works for you!

Re: missing display tab infopath 2010

strangeloop — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:33:15 GMT

Thank you Anson,

I'm trying to hide certain fields on a form based on permissions in active directory. I'm using the following guide but I'm stuck on conditional formatting as it mentions a display tab on a field properties.

http://claytoncobb.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/infopath-user-roles-in-browser-enabled-forms-using-groups/

Thank you.

Add Conditional Formatting to Sections

Administrators Section – We are going to set conditional formatting on this control (Fig 8) so that if the user is not in the Sharepoint Admins security group, then this control will be hidden:
- Double-click the Administrators section on the canvas to get to its Properties, click the Display tab, then click Conditional Formatting and click Add
- In the first field, click Select a field or group
  - In the Data Source pulldown, select the GetCommonMemberships secondary data source
  - Drill down the dataFields path until you get to DisplayName, which you should single-click
  - At the bottom of this box where it says Select, choose the phrase All occurrences of DisplayName, then click OK
- For the Operand, choose are not equal to
- In the last box, click the pulldown and choose Select a field or group, then choose strAdmin from the main data source
- Lastly, in the Formatting area, check the box for Hide this control

Re: missing display tab infopath 2010

Anson Hidajat — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:03:42 GMT

I believe the Display tab in the section properties dialog was removed in 2010. Was there are particular property you are looking for? It was probably moved to somewhere else in the UI.

missing display tab infopath 2010

strangeloop — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:56:10 GMT

hello there,

My display tab seems to be missing on section properties in infopath 2010. Is there anyway to enable this?

Thank you for any assistance.