InfoPath Dev

Is it possible to create a calculated field that is not bound to a text box but will still function? I have a need to do some complex math using a bunch of number entries in an InfoPath form, but the results are only used in a specific SharePoint list View. I do not need it to show in the form itself. My first thought was just adding a ...

Got it! I re-uploaded the form and it fixed that - but then I was getting a validation error even if I filled in the field, but that turned out to be a stupid typo. At any rate, I had never played with validation rules before, so thank you! It fixed my issue.

Hmm, seems simple enough, but I am missing something. I added the rule "validation" and the condition was the same as those which make that section visible, but I can still save and close the form with that field blank and I get no error.

Looking for ideas on this one. I have a form that has 8 "potential" sections, each with a field that needs to be mandatory, but only if that section is visible. For any given submission between 1 and 8 of the fields may be visible, with the remainder hidden. This is the normal use of the form, so obviously just marking the field ...

OMG! I just figured it out - by myself! (LOL) Instead of a text box I used a Calculated Field. Not only did it work great, it removed the need for using a repeating section! Problem solved!

In a SharePoint list some fields (i.e. Created by) are automatically generated. I want to display (read only) this field in an Infopath form. I created a repeating section, then inside it put a text box. The text box is bound to the group: Created by > DisplayName field. (FWIW, this is the only combination I could put together that ...

I am not sure if this is more a SharePoint question, but the whole thing began with InfoPath forms, so I will start from there. My site has two SharePoint lists; one I'll call the "Scheduling" tool, and the other the "Order Change" (OC) tool. The former will have an always up-to-date list of all ongoing projects, ...

Thanks Hilary. So, no way to do this within Infopath? I could have swore I came across several other queries just like mine, where they said they used the substring-before to clear the extra characters, but did not provide detail how/where.

Last note: FWIW the field is configured for DateOnlyType, not date and time.

Interestingly, I noticed something else; Infopath reformats the date, so that in the SharePoint column it looks like this: 10/15/2018 but comes across into the combo box as 2018-10-15T00:00:00. I don't care so much about "/" becoming "-" but why does it move the year to the front?