Re: Using XPath in a Template Part

Patrick Halstead — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:57:39 GMT

Have you tried using an absolute xpath? My guess is that InfoPath doesn't fixup the relative xpaths correctly when you add the XTP to your target form.

Using XPath in a Template Part

JohnM — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:54:48 GMT

I've created a simple template part that provides a nested repeating structure with outline numbering.

i.e. 1. ...1.1. ...1.1.1. ...1.1.2. ...1.1.3. ...1.2. ...1.2.1. ...1.2.2. ...2.

This is easy to do using xpath by using for the top level ( “numLevel1”) :

count(../preceding-sibling::my:grpLevel1) + 1

and then for the next levels using :

concat(../../my:numLevel1, ".", count(../preceding-sibling::my:grpLevel2) + 1)
concat(../../my:numLevel2, ".", count(../preceding-sibling::my:grpLevel3) + 1)
concat(../../my:numLevel3, ".", count(../preceding-sibling::my:grpLevel4) + 1)

Because it's a template part then it should be reusable without having to re-implement the counting formula – what a great idea...
When it’s previewed in the template part design – it works perfectly.

When it’s deployed in a form template however it doesn’t work.

Looking at the xpath reproduced in the form, the preceding-sibling bit gets collapsed:

count(../preceding-sibling::my:grpLevel1) + 1

becomes

count(..) + 1

What’s going on here ?

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Using XPath in a Template Part