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Re: Help with repeating sections.

sleuth79 — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:42:08 GMT

Youre right I was talking about hiding unused sections (not repeating). But I think you answered my question. I see you used the rule: count(preceding-sibling::my:group2) + 1 > ../../my:field1 , and formatting hide this section - on the repeating sections to get them to show. I think this is the secret I needed to know. And of course as well to create the default views I need... I guess I will have to stick with a limited amount which is ok. Thanks alot Hilary. I will try it soon and see if it works out - and let you know. I have another problem and Im not sure if I should make a new post - but I want to submit the form and email a PDF attachment - I have search around a lot and I'm not sure this is even possible (for free) - I dont want to bother you with the details, but is there anywhere you can point me to get a grasp of this. If it is coding necessary then where should I start to at least get the basics understood? Thanks again, Taylor

Re: Help with repeating sections.

Hilary Stoupa — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:36:19 GMT

I think when you talk about hiding unused sections, you may not be thinking of repeating sections. The only way to have multiple instances of a repeating group (by the way, the data structure for repeating sections & tables is the exact same in IP - both are bound to repeating groups) without using code is to insert the max number of instances you need by default, then hide the instances you don't need. This is easier to show than explain, so I've attached a simple sample form. Save the linked form locally, right click and select Design, then you can preview it.

Help with repeating sections.

sleuth79 — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:47:15 GMT

Hi There, Im new here, new to infopath. My form is almost complete but I main things I would like to figure out still, which seem a bit more complicated. The first one is that I would like infopath to dynamically add repeating sections for different days that the user would add in hours worked information. I figured out how to calculate the amount of days by choosing the start date and end date, ie. if worked for the 25-31 then it calculates that that is 6 days. Then I would like 6 repeating sections to open, one for each day. In those day sections are repeating tables for the amount of guys who worked on that day, but I got that part going... I've seen this kind of question before, but I wanted to make clear that this is for the repeating SECTIONS and not repeating TABLES. I could do this by creating a number of sections and hiding them, but I rather not, and there would be a limit to how many days I could do this way, ie. 2 weeks worth. Also Id rather not to have to recreate all those fields if I dont have to. Taylor