Re: How to get access to all values of the DropDownList in the specific row of repeating table?!

Hilary Stoupa — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:04:02 GMT

Actually, in InfoPath, we can't programatically access controls -- only the data fields bound to the control.

If you want cascading dropdowns to filter correctly in a repeating table or section, your best bet would be to use a data source for those dropdowns that connects projects and sections. Are your desired values stored in a database some place? Or can you use an xml file as a secondary data connection with your projects and sections?

How to get access to all values of the DropDownList in the specific row of repeating table?!

laflour — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:56:40 GMT

I have a repeating table with two columns - "projects" and "sections". In these columns I have drop-down listbox, that has a form data source. The idea is to update the "sectionDDL" control based on the project selection.

Everything works fine for the first row - I access the ddl controls via DataSource and read/write new items, but I stumbler over the idea to access the control in the second row?!

There are two ways I tried:

I can access any rows via the MainDataSource using "my:myFields/my:timesheetEntries/my:item[_row-number_]/my:project", but I see only the selected value of the project DDL, not the actual control. It means that I can't access all items from the project dropdownlist. Can I somehow cast the control via MainDataSource?!
If I access the control via DataSource[_name_], how to get access to the control values from the second row then?!

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Re: How to get access to all values of the DropDownList in the specific row of repeating table?!

How to get access to all values of the DropDownList in the specific row of repeating table?!