InfoPath Dev

Ah hah! - and so you know - this is the thing with default values if you decide to use this technique on an existing form, already in production - if you were to add a new repeating group w/ defaults to your form, and opened existing XML with it - you'd see the same result. Just something to be aware of. :)

 DUH!!! I am stupid - "New blank form" reminded me that I for testing I have a preview set - just so stop me having to fill in 4 starting values... I have removed the preview and all is working  -  sorry. As always thank you for your help !!     

 You should be able to use REST then - although your server admins may need to modify some settings for your browser form to query SharePoint web services. A web search for InfoPath Excel REST returns a lot of results - you may want to try that. Here are a ...

Can you send me a copy of the form, or attach it here? I'll take a quick look & see if I can see why it is being stubborn.... The results in your second table are what you see when you open a new, blank form?

You are so welcome - when working with XML, XSLT is wonderful magic. :)

Hi All, I am using now() function to get the current Date and Time to compare with another Date and Time field to test whether submission is due or not. But now() does not give the correct local time. Actual Date time is 15/09/2016 08.53 AM, but now() gives 15/09/2016 06.53 AM. 2 hr difference. So i am adding 7200 sec to the now() function ...

Hi Hilary, Thanks for your reply. It is a browser form, not a filler form. I am using SharePoint 2013 local farm for hosting this form, Not Office 365. Only out of the box features (InfoPath 2013 & SharePoint 2013) can be used for this task. No custom solution is allowed. Can i use Excel REST services with InfoPath 2013? I am new to ...

 Hi I tried to put screen shots in my original post - I have tried to delete but it won't let me edit   My data structure ...

 Hi I have a repeating group with 6 elements In every form I want to have 4 repeats of this group, each with a different LabourType. I have gone into default values and created defaults for each row.   But when I open the form I get 4 rows all with the same value      What am I doing wrong ...

 Hi Hilary, I have learnt so much with this... I hadn't really looked at the namespace definitions before (duh!) all I saw was "blah blah" - Now I have spent time looking and trying to understand I see includes the date that the form was created - hence the problem. I have created and tested a second simple ...