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Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

ek38 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:42:00 GMT

We narrowed down the problem. The problem is in the taskpane.js that is part of the download. The following code returns 'nothing' when you have a datafield that is linked to a database field. Can anyone tell me how this needs to be modified so database related fields will actually return a value?

var sXPath = "";
var oPathNode = oFocusNode;
while(null != oPathNode.parentNode)
{
// If the namespace is important, you can substitute tagName for baseName, and then make the
// appropriate adjustments in the Help.xml file. The namespace has purposely been left out here
// to conserve on file size.
sXPath = "{0}/{1}".Format(oPathNode.baseName, sXPath);
oPathNode = oPathNode.parentNode;
}
// Strip off the trailing slash as it will just take up space.
sXPath = sXPath.substr(0, sXPath.length-1);

Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

ek38 — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:03:24 GMT

Still don't have it. BILLINGINFO is a table in a sql database. engCommentCode is a field in the table. When you look at the xml of the INFOPATH FORM, engCommentCode is not a "Tagged" field like other infopath fields are, but rather an extenstion of the table name.

<q:BILLINGINFO billingID="" jobID="" jobNo="" billAmount="" billPercentage="" dateMailed="" invoiceNo="" description="" checkNo="" engCommentCode= "" checkDate="" lastModified="" lastModifiedUser=""></q:BILLINGINFO>

We want to display help text for each of the fields within BILLINGINFO.

Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

ek38 — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:18:03 GMT

Thanks for the reply. However I'm missing something. The xpath to the data field is Field xpath="/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:NEWJOB/d:BILLINGINFO/@engCommentCode">

When I plug that into the help.xml that came with the download, nothing displays in the task pane. If I use a field that I created in the form itself (i.e. myFields/zipcode) everything works. It is only when I try to put help on the specific field listed above which happens to be in myfields/datafields/NEWJOB/BILLINGINFO/path.

Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

K.Ramana Reddy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:25:40 GMT

Hi,

If your field is main datasource, you can use Xpath directly.
For example: if your field is <my:userName></my:userName>

<div id="my:userName" style="DISPLAY: none">
<p class="field">userName</p>
<p>Select the userName from the drop down box.</p>
</div>

I hope this will help you.
Thanks.

Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

ek38 — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:07:49 GMT

The datasource is from the main source, however, it is only a "retrieve" and not a submit.

Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

K.Ramana Reddy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:17:36 GMT

Hi,

I have one question for you,
Repeating database field is secondary data source field(i.e,binded to secondary datasource) or main datasource field(i.e,binded main datasource)?

Thanks.

Re: Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

Patrick Halstead — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:04:44 GMT

Greg's on vacation but he will return next week. I will ask someone else to respond.

Dynamic Help in Custom TaskPane

ek38 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:21:48 GMT

We are having trouble guessing what the right xpath is for the custom taskpane help form.

We have a non db field which we get to work fine with the example downloaded. The Xpath is rather simple "<Field xpath="myFields/zipcode">Enter Go brown.</Field>

When we try to display help on a repeating database field, nothing ever shows up on the taskpane. We've tried several different options for the XPath unsuccessfully.
<Field xpath="/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:NEWJOB/d:BILLINGINFO/@engCommentCode">Enter Hi Sally.</Field>

This and many combinations don't work. (Yes we know you have to remove the help.xml and re-add it for changes to appear).