Hiding or displaying InfoPath sections with C#

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rkellow@gmail.com - 23 Sep 2005 23:43 GMT

Hello,

Is there a way to conditionally show (or not show) a section in an
InfoPath form with C# code?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

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Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath] - 24 Sep 2005 11:01 GMT

>Hello,
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>Thanks in advance,
>Rob

Rob,

As far as I am aware you can't do that programatically in the current
version.

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath

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rkellow@gmail.com - 25 Sep 2005 17:34 GMT

Thanks for the reply Andrew. It's not exactly what I was hoping to
hear though. I have a dropdown at the top of a form and depending on
what the user selects in it I wanted to show one section or another.

Thanks again,
Rob

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Franck Dauché - 25 Sep 2005 23:01 GMT

Hi Rob,

In that case, you don't need C# code. You can use conditional formatting in
your sections to Show/Hide based on the value stored in the node linked to
your drop down box.

Franck Dauché

> Thanks for the reply Andrew. It's not exactly what I was hoping to
> hear though. I have a dropdown at the top of a form and depending on
> what the user selects in it I wanted to show one section or another.
>
> Thanks again,
> Rob

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Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath] - 26 Sep 2005 09:00 GMT

>Thanks for the reply Andrew. It's not exactly what I was hoping to
>hear though. I have a dropdown at the top of a form and depending on
>what the user selects in it I wanted to show one section or another.
>
>Thanks again,
>Rob

Rob,

To do it in the design interface right click on the section, choose
Properties then select the Display tab, the click on Conditional
Formatting.

Andrew Watt
MVP - InfoPath

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vtasparagus@gmail.com - 26 Sep 2005 13:28 GMT

It may be worth mentioning to read up xdExtension. It is the closest
thing I could find to writing managed code that would hida a section.
http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/tutorials/default.aspx?i=88f921f13dec4e7cae6119
1bac084fff

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Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP] - 27 Sep 2005 23:00 GMT

Yes, using xdExtension, you can call into your C# code to evaluate a condition and return true or false.

Further down in this thread there's a link to an article I wrote out on InfoPathDev.com which describes the process for Rules, but it works the same for conditional formatting.

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Hello,

Is there a way to conditionally show (or not show) a section in an
InfoPath form with C# code?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

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