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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / October 2007Data Validation Problem
I have be struggling with some of the simplest things lately and have having searching and finding nothing I thought I would try posting in these forums for help. I have a text box that I want to make required dependent upon a drop-down list. This works: [textbox] is blank and [drop-down list] does not contain "something" This insures that my textbox is not blank but will allow it to be blank if the drop-down list contains "something" This does not work: [textbox] is blank and [drop-down list] does not contain "something" or [same drop-down list] does not contain "something else" Ultimately what I would like to have is that my textbox is required unless the drop-down list contains "something" or "something else" Are you doing this in data validation? If textbox = blank and dropdown = something works does textbox = blank and dropdown = somethingelse work? If both of these work then it is probably just a matter of your or structure In this case you would want textbox=blank and dropdown = something OR text=blank and dropdown=somethingelse  SignatureThanks Clay Fox Qdabra Software http://www.qdabra.com InfoPathDev.Com The Largest InfoPath Forum in the World http://www.infopathdev.com > I have be struggling with some of the simplest things lately and have > having searching and finding nothing I thought I would try posting in [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Ultimately what I would like to have is that my textbox is required > unless the drop-down list contains "something" or "something else" I was so hoping that would work but I'm still having the same problem as before. I can choose "something" or "something else" and its still a required field. I just wanted to be clear, I'm using InfoPath 2k3 not 2k7 You would want not equal on the something or something else it sounds like. You want the field required if it is blank and the drop down equals something or somethingelse. You could also use some message boxes with rules with the same logic. This sometimes helps to debug. Maybe on your dropdown so that when it is switched to something or somethingelse you know your condition statement is being met. SignatureThanks Clay Fox Qdabra Software http://www.qdabra.com InfoPathDev.Com The Largest InfoPath Forum in the World http://www.infopathdev.com > I was so hoping that would work but I'm still having the same problem > as before. I can choose "something" or "something else" and its > still a required field. This is what I currently have in place and this works fine [textbox] is blank and [drop-down list] does not contain "something" its just that I want to having more then one something :) It seems to me that this shouldn't be that complicated and maybe my form is bugged in someway and I should start over... As far as the message boxes and with rules and the same logic go I would love to but at this very moment I have a limited understanding of the api for infopath. Ive just recently ordered a book that I hope will help me but it hasn't come in yet. |
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