InfoPath Dev

 XML data sources are great for storing values that you don't want stored in the main data source and they certainly do allow controls to modify their values. Are you saying that a checkbox bound to a field in the secondary source is unclickable?  I'm not experiencing this behavior, though I am previewing my form in the InfoPath ...

I want to use a checkbox to show or hide section on a form.  I have tested this by adding a field 'showDetails' to my datasource and setting it to True or False via a Checkbox located just above the Section. Then for the Section I created a rule which hides the section when showDetails = FALSE.  The problem is ...

Hi -- When you set a field's value, that field will contain the same value regardless of the view it is displayed in. If you don't wish to display the field's value in a view, simply don't put any controls bound to that field in that view.

I'm trying to create a Table of Contents on my InfoPath 2007 form. When the form is opened, the form is already populated with a list of users. Ideally, the user will be able to click on a letter at the top of the form, and the form will scroll down to that letter, but staying on the same form. Here's a rough draft of ...

We have a form that has 14 Multi List Selection boxes for each day of a two week period with these choices: 8 Reg 4 Reg 8 PTO 4 PTO When the form is submitted, we'd like the data in each field to appear like this: Sunday    8 Reg Monday    4 Reg       4 PTO How can I ...

Not really knowing what you've already done.... If you are using rules in sharepoint lists: Sounds wierd but re-do all of dataconnections then republish and upload. If your sharepoint is a farm with multiple front ends it could be that the form didn't deploy properly to the additional. In any case check the solution store in central ...

For sending the emails in a sharepoint hosted form I usually use the sendMail object in SPUtility. Using Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities. I've never had an issues because it uses the SharePoint central emails utitlity which, if you've already set up and tested, will always send the mail.  

Hi There, I wondered if anyone could clarify my understanding of formstate in browser based forms. As I understand it, I can use formstate to get and set properties that will persist accross server sessions. Does this mean I should be be able to set a formstate value in the submit event handler and when I reopen the same form the formstate ...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I don't mind if there's code in the form(s), I just don't want to be the one who has to write it. I'll check it out. Thanks!

I am migrating an application from Lotus Notes to Sharepoint and Inforpath.  I have exported the needed data from Notes to an Excel sheet, created the Sharepoint site, and created and published the InfoPath form to a document library.  New submissions work fine.  My issue is with bringing over the data now sitting in an Excel sheet ...