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MS Office Forum / General MS InfoPath Questions / December 2006Having required fields in an optional section
Hello! I'm trying to put some text boxes in an optional field that won't necessarily show up to the user. However, when the user has selected a few options and the optional section is supposed to be visible, depending on what options are checked by user. I want the text boxes in the section to be required to be filled in by the user. The problem is that when I'm trying to do this, the fields are always required, whether the optional section is shown or not. Has anyone got a good idea of how to accomplish what I want? on each control which is in the optional section, u can add a new rule to required field rule asking whether or not the options (which make optional section appear) are true. u can do the same on section control instead of using optional section. u can make regular section control hidden or unhidden based on some rules. > Hello! > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Has anyone got a good idea of how to accomplish what I want? Slightly more detailed directions: The default "cannot be blank" is not what you want to use. Click on the Data Validation button below it Click Add Define the rule with the criteria that matches what would "show" the field as visible (ie the opposite of what you have for visibility). Input your custom "required field" text and notices. voila, now when the hidden criteria are met, the control is not required. And when the hidden criteria are not met, the control is.. > on each control which is in the optional section, u can add a new rule > to required field rule asking whether or not the options (which make [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Has anyone got a good idea of how to accomplish what I want? on each control which is in the optional section, u can add a new rule to required field rule asking whether or not the options (which make optional section appear) are true. u can do the same on section control instead of using optional section. u can make regular section control hidden or unhidden based on some rules. > Hello! > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Has anyone got a good idea of how to accomplish what I want? I'm sorry, but I don't understand how that is done. I've tried adding rules to these fields in the optional sections, but couldn't figure it out. Kind regards, Peter Vikas Verma skrev: > on each control which is in the optional section, u can add a new rule > to required field rule asking whether or not the options (which make [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Has anyone got a good idea of how to accomplish what I want?
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