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“Invalid Data” error when calculating the result of 2 or more fields

Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:30 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Displaying Contextual Help in a Custom Task Pane

Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 7:32 AM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Attachment(s): ContextualHelp.zip

Using the Contact Selector Control

Posted Wednesday, February 28, 2007 7:33 AM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Survey Creator

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:32 AM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Attachment(s): EducationalTestSampleForm.xsn

Interesting InfoPath/SharePoint Blog

Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 10:47 AM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Cascading Dropdowns in Browser Forms

Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:24 AM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Dynamic Pictures

Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 4:32 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Save the Date! Using Horizontal Repeating Sections

Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 11:55 AM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Multi-Select List Box: Requiring at least one entry

Posted Friday, July 14, 2006 5:42 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Introducing the Multi-Select List Box

Posted Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:01 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Don't settle for just one: Adding multiple default rows

Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:25 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Introducing Horizontal Repeating Tables

Posted Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:29 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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Create dependent drop-down / list-box in InfoPath using filters

Posted Wednesday, March 24, 2004 1:58 PM by infopath
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 Read More...
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