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Re: Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

drake — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:31:44 GMT

Awesome! Thanks!

Re: Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

FrisbeeCowboy — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:29:23 GMT

When you open the file, make sure you open it in design mode. That's what I had to do. Instead of clicking on the form, just open infopath, click on design a form, and from the toolbar on the right select design a form on my computer. Then just select the form that way, it should open.

Re: Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

drake — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:22:14 GMT

When trying to open your attachment, it says that I need domain premission levels to view it. Plus its looking for a local published location that doesn't exist. Could you repost or pubically publish it somewhere? (Or tell me what I need to do to fix it :P)

Re: Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

FrisbeeCowboy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:15:52 GMT

Got this to work! Spent a little time trying to figure it out, but it was worth it.

Re: Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

Skarn — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:55:24 GMT

Very embarrassed.

I accidentally uploaded a form template which I originally meant to demonstrate various 'blue highlighting' issues - but I decided to just upload the 'solution'.

I looked back today and found I had uploaded the wrong one! If you have downloaded the previous template - you only need to look at View 3.

Otherwise, I have now updated the template uploaded.

Apologies.

Re: Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

Hilary Stoupa — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:49:49 GMT

Hey, thanks for posting the sample! I look forward to trying it out....

Example: Prevent 'blue highlighting' and buttons to add and remove repeating rows/sections. [IP2003]

Skarn — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:57:39 GMT

Hi,

Don't you just hate the blue highlighting and the way a form 'jumps' if you accidentally click a 'blue' inflicted section.

I have attached a demo form (Infopath 2003) with some instructions on setting up a view with repeating sections or tables to never have any blue highlighting and also use buttons to add and remove rows or repeating sections without complex code.

There is a good solution blog here: http://www.infopathdev.com/blogs/hilary/archive/2009/01/11/a-cure-for-the-blues.aspx but my demo does not even highlight the table/section and allows for using buttons to add/remove in an easy fashion.

The code involved only requires a small adjustment for each repeating section/row (literally 1 word changed) and consists of only 4 lines or so in total which is copy and pasted where needed.

The 'setup' and Infopath skill required per view is fairly easy also, and only requires the ability to create sections, set conditional formatting, etc which should all be simple for intermediate form designers anyway.

I apologise if the instruction is confusing, please feel free to ask me questions - as far as I know, if you can follow the way it's done, it alway works, and gets easier and easier every time.

Skarn