InfoPath Dev

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was a way of determining whether a given node is a 'Group', or a 'Field', via JScript code.

I've tried several ways to get that information, but none have succeeded.
Since I can actually see whether it is a Group or Field in the InfoPath GUI, I would figure there is a way of getting that information with code.

I tried:

var Node = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields");
which sets Node to the group in the dataSource, and then I try to get its Type with:
XDocument.UI.Alert( Node.nodeType )
but this returns the value 1.

Likewise, if I access a field in the dataSource
var Node = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:myFields/my:myField1");
and get its nodeType, it returns 1 as well.

I believe the 1 that is being returned, actually represents that it is an element,
but is there a way of knowing whether a node is set to a field or group?

Any help would be welcomed,
Thanks,

- Reg.

Hi,
For given node,check childNodes.length>0,
If it is, it will be group otherwise field.

Thanks.

Hi K.Ramana,

Thanks for your reply,

However, I don't think that 'childNodes.length' can always guarantee that returning a 0, is always from a field.

For example, I noticed that if the field is empty, it will return 0, but if the field contains a value, it will return 1.

Contrary, if a "group" has no fields in it, it too will return 0.

If you are able to, can you clarify if these notions are correct.

Thanks,

- Reg.

Hi Reg,

You are correct reg, i saw same thing what you mentioned,
i tried so many things to get correct result, but i did not get it,

Thanks.

Hi,
You can get the child nodes using the "child::node()" Xpath.
node.selectNodes("child::node()").length should give you the length of the child nodes.