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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / February 2005Rich Text Binding to Secondary Data Source?
I'm having a beastly time adding a rich text box to my form. We have a schema for the form that I don't want to change and I need to have a rich text box to show some specially formatted text, but I can't figure out how to add the box to the form. I figured a secondary data source in the form of a flat xml file would be the ticket but I have no idea what the xml for a data source that could be bound to a rich text box would have. I tried creating a dummy form in infopath with a rich text box, exporting the form files, and then creating secondary data sources from all of the resulting xml files, but I couldn't bind the box to any of them. This data source is a total hack because I just need to display some formatted text based on user input but it's the best I can come up with. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Bill BillT, I submitted a similar question yesterday. There are some posts dealing with rich text, but they don't seem to shed much light. There are obvious limitations, but it would be nice to have a link or message that concisely explains what can be done with Rich Text imports. > I'm having a beastly time adding a rich text box to my form. We have a > schema for the form that I don't want to change and I need to have a rich [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Thanks in advance, > Bill The problem is not with your XML. XML is simply a storage medium. The problem is with your schema (which you do not want to change). Rich text boxes expect a very specific schema structure. Without it you cannot bind a rich text box to a field. If you created a secondary data source, and added it to your form, then InfoPath autogenerated a schema for you. InfoPath always assigns the xsd:string data type to autogenerated schemas for secondary data sources. You will need to manaully modify either your main schema or your secondary schema to support a rich text box. If you need to know the schema structure, create a new blank form, add a rich text box to the view, and then extract the form files too see what the schema structure looks like. Hope this helps!  SignatureGreg Collins [InfoPath MVP] Please visit: http://www.InfoPathDev.com I'm having a beastly time adding a rich text box to my form. We have a schema for the form that I don't want to change and I need to have a rich text box to show some specially formatted text, but I can't figure out how to add the box to the form. I figured a secondary data source in the form of a flat xml file would be the ticket but I have no idea what the xml for a data source that could be bound to a rich text box would have. I tried creating a dummy form in infopath with a rich text box, exporting the form files, and then creating secondary data sources from all of the resulting xml files, but I couldn't bind the box to any of them. This data source is a total hack because I just need to display some formatted text based on user input but it's the best I can come up with. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Bill |
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