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When you create a calculated field in an InfoPath XML node (field) you may find that some of the resulting calculations produce an “Invalid Data” error: This behavior is a known issue when doing floating point calculations and is *not* specific to InfoPath
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With all the wonderful features in the new Office apps, it's easy to get lost! InfoPath is no exception, and when you make clever use of the new features, you'll want to make sure that users understand how your form is supposed to work. Wouldn't it be
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We have seen a number of requests on how to allow a user to enter (or select) a person’s name or logon alias and then validate that user against their Active Directory without using code. This has been especially true in workflow scenarios where User
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Scenario A school department wants to create a standard digital template to use when administering tests to students. Since the template is to be a standard format across multiple classes, the department requires that teachers be able to enter questions
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Shoutout to Kristof De Causemaeker - his blog has interesting articles on both InfoPath and SharePoint; couple particularly cool posts: 1) Great walkthrough on template parts, new InfoPath 2007 feature that allows you to modularize components of your
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If you are building an InfoPath client-only solution and you need to filter drop-down list boxes, you can simply use the “ Filter Data ” feature when you set the Entries property for the control. However, since filters are not supported in browser-compatible
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When designing a feature-rich InfoPath form template, it is sometimes necessary to provide a dynamic image in response to user action. InfoPath picture control hides treasures that will help you satisfy such a requirement. In this article, we will explore
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InfoPath 2007 introduces a new flavor of the repeating section control - horizontal repeating section. It is useful when you want to present or edit repeating data in a structured format. When new items are added, they show up side-by-side with the existing
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Yesterday I introduced the Multi-Select List Box and talked about how its data source is somewhat special: it binds to a repeating list of fields instead of a single field like the normal List Box does. When you need to ensure that at least one item is
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InfoPath 2007 introduces a new control, the multi-select list box, for cases when you want to allow users to select one or more items from the list of options. This list of options may be static, or may come from a data source. For example, you may use
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Since I realize not everyone has installed the Beta yet (you can do it!), I figure it's time for a trick everyone can play with, even those still using InfoPath 2003. Starting with more than one row in a repeating table You may want to do this if you
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InfoPath 2007 adds horizontal repeating table to the control toolbox for when you want data to be entered or displayed in a structured, tabular format, and when you want users to be able to add additional columns instead of rows. For example, you might
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Summary Suppose you want to have the items listed in a drop-down be dependent on the selection of another drop-down (this is also known as "cascading dropdowns). If you have InfoPath Service Pack 1 installed, you could use the "Filter Data..." feature
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