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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / August 2006Why are some of my fields in InfoPath indented?
When I preview or publish a form, the data in the field is shifted to the right. fields in other parts of the form are fine. Most likely it is because you have your field inside of a section. Sections have default padding, margin, and a 1px white border. Remove all these, and you should be set to go.  SignatureGreg Collins [Microsoft MVP] Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) I zeroed out the padding and margins in the table properties and date picker properties but no change. Is there someplace else I should look? > Most likely it is because you have your field inside of a section. Sections have default padding, margin, and a 1px white border. Remove all these, and you should be set to go. Random thought here, but do you have a background image in place? Are you referring to controls shifting against the image? If so, maybe the following article is what you are looking for: http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/tutorials/default.aspx?i=16e98e03820545bdad8b19 30b652a340 SignatureGreg Collins [Microsoft MVP] Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) That was not it either but I can use it later. The indent is within the control/field. I place the control, calendar picker, and size the box within the text. When I preview the form and click inside the control, it shows the it as indented inside the box and I can only see part of the date. In other sections it works fine. This happens with text controls as well. > Random thought here, but do you have a background image in place? Are you referring to controls shifting against the image? If so, maybe the following article is what you are looking for: > > http://www.infopathdev.com/howto/tutorials/default.aspx?i=16e98e03820545bdad8b19 30b652a340 Each control has its own padding and margins. Unfortunately for the date picker control, there's some oddities there due to it being a multi-part control (i.e. a button and a text box), that gives you less control when working with smaller (8pt, etc) fonts. Perhaps you can post a screen shot of the issue you are experiencing? SignatureGreg Collins [Microsoft MVP] Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) > Each control has its own padding and margins. Unfortunately for the date picker control, there's some oddities there due to it being a multi-part control (i.e. a button and a text box), that gives you less control when working with smaller (8pt, etc) fonts. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) > Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) What would be the best way to post the screenshot? > Each control has its own padding and margins. Unfortunately for the date picker control, there's some oddities there due to it being a multi-part control (i.e. a button and a text box), that gives you less control when working with smaller (8pt, etc) fonts. > > Perhaps you can post a screen shot of the issue you are experiencing? You can upload it to a server somewhere or a picture hosting site (many are free) and then post a link to it here. SignatureGreg Collins [Microsoft MVP] Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) Thanks, I'm new to this. http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=infopathls4.jpg You will see text fields that are indented in one section and not in the other. I put in dates in the date pickers. You can see in the upper section I don't get the date picker icon and those are the ones that are indented to the right and can't be seen. > You can upload it to a server somewhere or a picture hosting site (many are free) and then post a link to it here. Yes, I see your delimma. This is very ususual. I'm sorry you are experiencing this issue. Try creating a new form with a somewhat similar layout. See if you get the same issues. If you do, then something is messed up with your installation, and I would suggest running a repair or a full reinstall. If the same problems to appear, then the problem is with your particular view. Something got messed up in it. I don't know how salvagable it would be. It might be best to just start over with a new view, then delete this broken one. SignatureGreg Collins [Microsoft MVP] Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) I have created @ 12 different forms and I get the same results. I will talk to desktop support for a reinstall, I've tried the repair. Thanks for your help > Yes, I see your delimma. This is very ususual. I'm sorry you are experiencing this issue. > > Try creating a new form with a somewhat similar layout. See if you get the same issues. If you do, then something is messed up with your installation, and I would suggest running a repair or a full reinstall. > > If the same problems to appear, then the problem is with your particular view. Something got messed up in it. I don't know how salvagable it would be. It might be best to just start over with a new view, then delete this broken one. Good luck. What your experiencing is not normal. There's definitely an issue there. SignatureGreg Collins [Microsoft MVP] Visit Brain Trove ( http://www.BrainTrove.com ) Visit InfoPathDev ( http://www.InfoPathDev.com ) |
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