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Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

Anuma — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:07:37 GMT

Hello,

XPath button will be displayed if you select the second or third option under the “List Box Entries”. It will be displayed beside of the “Entries” text box.

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

soju.ss — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:36:51 GMT

Sorry I am not getting XPath button on InfoPath 2007. If I double click the dropdown button, I am getting property window. Could you please little elaborate the above steps?

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

BuildPro Guru — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:03:06 GMT

You will have to sort the entries at the data source. Just arrange the data in the table the way that you want to see it in the dropdown. If you want to limit the items that show up in the dropdown, you can apply filters to acccomplish that. Double click the dropdown, click the xpath button for the entries, click the "filter data" button at the bottom of the dialog box and set up your filters there.

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

soju.ss — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:57:20 GMT

Yes correct. The InfoPath page having lot of complicated cascading. So i wanted to populate certain values and wanted to sort dropdown items.

Do you know how to sort dropdown list items

Thanks

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

BuildPro Guru — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:28:53 GMT

First, you have to create a data connection to whatever source that you want to use to populate the dropdown. In design mode, go to tools -> data connections -> add.

Select 'recieve' and click next.

Select the type of data source that you are connecting to. Click next.

Continue on with the wizard until you have set up your connection.

Doubl click your dropdown.

Select 'look up values from an external data source'

Select your data source from the dropdown.

Select your entries.

If you need to, specify your field/values.

Click OK and preview your form.

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

soju.ss — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:05:51 GMT

I have created a c# datatable. I need to populate the dropdown with information from the database, because it a demo project and future I need to populate from database and sharepoint list.

With help of setvalue property I have populated in text box.

Thanks

Soju

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

BuildPro Guru — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:40:40 GMT

Are you trying to populate the dropdown with information from the database or are you trying to write the information from the dropdown into the database?

Re: drop down list with Infopath 2007

soju.ss — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34:12 GMT

Pls help ............

drop down list with Infopath 2007

soju.ss — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:49:53 GMT

Hi,

I have created a datatable and wanted to map one of the field with dropdown list in Infopath 2007. But it is not populating, Pls review the code and correct me .....

Full source code

using Microsoft.Office.InfoPath;

using System;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.XPath;

using System.Collections;

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.SemiTrust;

using System.Data;

namespace sojutest

{

public partial class FormCode

{

public XDocument thisXDocument;

// Member variables are not supported in browser-enabled forms.

// Instead, write and read these values from the FormState

// dictionary using code such as the following:

// private object _memberVariable

// {

// get

// {

// return FormState["_memberVariable"];

// }

// set

// {

// FormState["_memberVariable"] = value;

// }

// NOTE: The following procedure is required by Microsoft Office InfoPath.

// It can be modified using Microsoft Office InfoPath.

public void InternalStartup()

{

EventManager.FormEvents.Loading += new LoadingEventHandler(FormEvents_Loading);

}

public void FormEvents_Loading(object sender, LoadingEventArgs e)

{

ArrayList sortValues = new ArrayList();

XPathNavigator xnDoc = this.MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();

XPathNavigator xnStatus = xnDoc.SelectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field1", this.NamespaceManager);

xnStatus.SetValue("test");

// IXMLDOMNodeList DropDownValueNodeList = thisXDocument.DOM.selectNodes("/my:myFields/my:field2");

//foreach (IXMLDOMNode DropDownValueNode in DropDownValueNodeList)

//{

// sortValues.Add(thisXDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("").text);

//}

//sortValues.Sort();

DataTable table = new DataTable();

//Create 7 columns for this DataTable

DataColumn col1 = new DataColumn("ID");

DataColumn col2 = new DataColumn("Name");

DataColumn col3 = new DataColumn("Checked");

DataColumn col4 = new DataColumn("Description");

DataColumn col5 = new DataColumn("Price");

DataColumn col6 = new DataColumn("Brand");

DataColumn col7 = new DataColumn("Remarks");

//Define DataType of the Columns

//col1.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int");

//col2.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String");

//col3.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Boolean");

//col4.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String");

//col5.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Double");

//col6.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String");

//col7.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String");

//Add All These Columns into DataTable table

table.Columns.Add(col1);

table.Columns.Add(col2);

table.Columns.Add(col3);

table.Columns.Add(col4);

table.Columns.Add(col5);

table.Columns.Add(col6);

table.Columns.Add(col7);

//Create a Row in the DataTable table

DataRow row = table.NewRow();

//Fill All Columns with Data

row[col1] = "1100";

row[col2] = "Computer Set";

row[col3] = true;

row[col4] = "New computer set";

row[col5] = 32000.00;

row[col6] = "NEW BRAND-1100";

row[col7] = "Purchased on July 30,2008";

//Add the Row into DataTable

table.Rows.Add(row);

DataRow row1 = table.NewRow();

row1[col1] = "1100";

row1[col2] = "Computer Set";

row1[col3] = true;

row1[col4] = "New computer set";

row1[col5] = 32000.00;

row1[col6] = "NEW BRAND-1100";

row1[col7] = "Purchased on July 30,2008";

table.Rows.Add(row1);

XPathNavigator xnStatus1 = xnDoc.SelectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:field4", this.NamespaceManager);

xnStatus1.SetValue("");

XPathNavigator templateNode = xnStatus1.Clone();

foreach (DataRow dr in table.Rows)

{

XPathNavigator newNode = templateNode.Clone();

string value = dr[0].ToString();

newNode.SetValue(value);

xnStatus.SetValue(dr[0].ToString());

xnStatus1.SetValue(dr[0].ToString());

xnStatus1.InsertAfter();

xnStatus1.InsertBefore();

}

Thanks

Soju