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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / September 2005Check boxes: Selecting multiple values
HI -- I'm trying to design an InfoPath form that will include a list of 10 locations. I was hoping to use check box controls so that more then one location could be selected. Could someone tell me if this is possible, and perhaps I'm just missing something? Or is there a better way to approach this? Thanks in advance, --Sarah Hi Sarah, You could use a "Repeating Table" control for this with 2 columns: one would display the locations and the other you could change to a check box control to allow for multiple selections. Let me know if this works for you! Scott L. Heim Microsoft Developer Support This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights Thanks, Scott. Your post gives me something to think about. It also showed me I have lots more to learn about InfoPath. I will try your suggestion out and post how it went. Thanks again, --Sarah > Hi Sarah, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights Sharepoint has a limitation on the number of Checkboxes fields that it will convert to columns. I'm curious how using a repeating table will work with sharepoint. I think Sharepoint will only allow 16 checkboxes. If I wanted to have more, for example 24 or so, would a repeating table do it? Or would I still be constrained in some way by the Sharepoint limitations?  SignatureIf it ain''''t broke...I''''m still working on it. > Hi Sarah, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights Hi Don, Not sure what you mean. For instance, the limitation is on the number of different fields so if your repeating table only has one checkbox field but you have 30 records, I don't believe that would be an issue since you still only have "one" checkbox field. Scott L. Heim Microsoft Developer Support This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights Well, I found I was creating a form to reserve a room and catering for our office and it had all the date and time fields but it also had quite a few checkboxes. 24 in all. The total number of files was close to 80. I was a little surprised about that too, it didn't look like that many when I looked at the form. But I counted the data fields and it was true. The problem was that when I published the form to Sharepoint some of the Checkboxes didn't come over. I thought it was because I had too many checkboxes or maybe too many fields all together. I don't know enough and the MSKB post wasn't clear to me. That's why I was asking. It sounds as though it's worth looking at. Althought I sure liked the checkboxes from a visual point of view, easier for the user. Thanks for the response SignatureIf it ain''''t broke...I''''m still working on it. > Hi Don, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights Hi Don, As you have seen, there is a limit to the types of controls in Sharepoint. This is not InfoPath specific - it is a design of Sharepoint. Have you see the Knowledge Base article that documents this information? If not, I have included the link below: 823555: "Column Limit Exceeded" Message When You Add a New Column to a SharePoint Services List http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;823555 Scott L. Heim Microsoft Developer Support This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights |
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