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Piers - 09 Nov 2005 04:15 GMT

I have a repeating section on an infoPath form that I need to users to be
able to add one (but only one) record to if they require. This record does
not exist by default, so if I use a section control (non repeating) the
entire section is not displayed if there is not an existing record. If I use
a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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Franck Dauché - 09 Nov 2005 04:43 GMT

Hi,

One way to do it is to limit the number of rows to 1. Do a search in this
Forum on "limit repeating", I posted code in the top thread if you are
interested.

Regards,

Franck Dauché

> I have a repeating section on an infoPath form that I need to users to be
> able to add one (but only one) record to if they require. This record does
> not exist by default, so if I use a section control (non repeating) the
> entire section is not displayed if there is not an existing record. If I use
> a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
> out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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Piers - 09 Nov 2005 05:50 GMT

Thanks Frank, do you know if it is possible to get the section to display
when the form is initially displayed even if there is no related record? (ie.
so the user doesn't have to click the 'insert item' link)

> Hi,
>
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> > a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
> > out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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Franck Dauché - 09 Nov 2005 06:00 GMT

The way you describe it, it seems that you are using Optional Sections. If
it is the case, right-click on the section at design time and click "Include
the section in the form by default".

Franck Dauché

> Thanks Frank, do you know if it is possible to get the section to display
> when the form is initially displayed even if there is no related record? (ie.
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> > > a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
> > > out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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Piers - 09 Nov 2005 06:33 GMT

I'm not using an optional section Frank (although perhaps I should be). I
have a form that retrieves and displays some basic information about a client
then allows the user to add 0...n contact group records each containing 0...n
contact name records (persons relevant to the contact event). If there are no
contact group records in the data source i still want a blank contact group
record to be displayed without the user having to click the 'insert item'
link.

Thanks for your advice
Piers

> The way you describe it, it seems that you are using Optional Sections. If
> it is the case, right-click on the section at design time and click "Include
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> > > > a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
> > > > out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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Franck Dauché - 09 Nov 2005 06:55 GMT

Sorry, I am still not following you. If you create a new blank form and add
one repeating section with one text box inside. When you run that template,
you have one section displayed by default, right? Why can't you do that?

Franck

> I'm not using an optional section Frank (although perhaps I should be). I
> have a form that retrieves and displays some basic information about a client
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> > > > > a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
> > > > > out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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Piers - 10 Nov 2005 03:17 GMT

Thank you for your help Frank but I have to let this go for the moment.
Unfortunately I'm very new to InfoPath and do not yet have a good enough
grasp of the language to discribe my problem.

Thanks again

From Piers

> Sorry, I am still not following you. If you create a new blank form and add
> one repeating section with one text box inside. When you run that template,
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> > > > > > a repeating section the user can add the required record but I can't figure
> > > > > > out how to hide the hint text to stop additional records being created.

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