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My date picker is a plain grey box too, so it sounds like we are all having the same symptoms. I'm not seeing anything else online when I search on this tho.
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If you just need to display the data, can't you simply create a data connection in the form for that?
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The controls available in SharePoint List forms in InfoPath is a subset of the controls allowed in a regular InfoPath form. I'd assume that the external data picker is not supported in list forms.
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See attached screenshot for my latest version info
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Just checked on my machine & I have the same issue. I'll update with my Windows & Office version numbers here in a little bit.
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In the validation rule on the date picker, the first condition would be that the field bound to the date picker is not blank. For the second condition, however, you need to find out if your form is storing just the date, or if it is a date time. Drag the data fields from your list connection onto your form, and make sure the control for the ...
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It sounds like your field is actually a date time - this is a list form? If so, try using the now() function instead of today. The format options in a list's column are about the way the date is displayed, the actual data type is a date time still.
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Unfortunately, if this is a browser form, you won't be able to use the lists web service SharePoint online. Are you using code? You may be able to use the SharePoint object model, but Sandbox has been deprecated in SharePoint Online, so I would not expect it to work for long..... If this is a browser form and you are using code, ...
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Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to do this. For an InfoPath form to write to a SharePoint list, you need to either use a customized list form or code (or qRules, which is a third-party code add-in for InfoPath, or use CAML and form rules, which you can learn more about on this forum) - and to copy repeating data into the main data ...
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Expression box was the old name for the control. Calculated value is the new name.