https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspxIf you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/9266.aspxWed, 08 Mar 2006 08:26:39 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:9266Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/9266.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=9266Hi Shaul,<br />Excel is a 20 year-old product that has shipped ~10 versions. InfoPath has shipped 2 versions. In addition, InfoPath is not a spreadsheet, it is a forms product, so providing all of these functions is not really a huge benefit since most forms writers don't need them and those that do can just write code ... :)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/5427.aspxTue, 07 Mar 2006 13:28:59 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:5427ShaulDar0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/5427.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&PostID=5427Hi,<br /><br />I ran into the need for additional functions, not available through the built-in formulas. Two recent examples:<br /><br />1. Square root<br /><br />2. Date functions that calculate age from birthdate (would love to say something like "years(today()- DOB)", where DOB is a field user fill date-of-birth...<br /><br />Yes, I know I can write code (I saw the age() code example), but why is the built-in set of functions so much smaller then, say, Excel? Any suggestions? Thanks, <br /><br />-- Shaul