In an edit box when you specify that it is a currency there is a dropdown list to select the currency code. In the app I'm working on I have an edit box for the user to enter the local currency. I would like to give them a dialog with the same list in it.
Can we access the same list that the editBox gets?
I'm not 100% sure if it will result in the same list that Designer uses, but it looks like you can get the list of currencies Java knows about by using the technique from the answer in Get All Possible Available Currencies
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For the purpose of building an Excel survey form, I want to create an easy rating entry system that would set values in cells based on a single click on a rating object (form control). With this click on say a 5-stars object it would return a value (from 1 to 5) based on which star is clicked (0 if not clicked), value that would be stored in a linked cell. The form should have such 5-stars objects next to a list of questions.
Using Excel built-in controls would limit option to the spin button, which isn't as convenient.
I haven't found any other suitable controls, nor ActiveX (which would make it more difficult to share the sheet).
Thanks for your insights on how I can achieve this.
If you are willing to digress from your wish to have stars as buttons, the excel form controls seem to be more than able of what you are looking for. You could use Option Buttons to achieve something like this:
A detailed guide on how to use these Buttons can be found here
I have an application that uses the Ext Lib value picker from a view and it works but it is very cludgy. The reason is that there are over a thousand choices and the user has to scroll through them all to get to where he/she wants to go. I want to use the HughesConnect.com picklist CC, which is very nice. However, I am having trouble with a particular issue that is probably very simple but I can't figure it out.
I want to be able to use the HughesConnect.com picklist CC to grab one value at a time and put it into a field. Then, when the user clicks on the button again, I just want them to have the ability to grab a value and append it to the same field. Every time I run it now, it is just overwriting the field. I can't use Multi Value in the CC because the view has multi values in the column from the same document. I have found that if this is the case, it doesn't work. No matter what I try. I am not very good with arrays in XPages, so I am likely doing something wrong and to be honest, I don't even have any sample code because everything I have tried hasn't worked.
I am starting to wonder whether it's even possible but it sounds so simple that it must be.
The Value Picker allows you to add a search with a view data source. Is there a reason for not using that? I can't remember if search support multi-select. It may not.
If you want to use Mark's view picker, how about getting a bit creative. Push the value into a Hidden Input field that has an onChange event. In the onChange event, append the value to a different multi-value field. If you bind the Dojo List Text Box to your multi-value field, it will make it easier for users to deselect entries. It's a bit creative, but should produce exactly the result you're looking for.
I am very new to Infopath, and need some architechtual guideslines. My scenario is as follows:
I have a Sharepoint list, let's say it contains beer, and three items of it: "Kronenbourg", "Corona", "Tuborg". "Beer" is a content type, derived from Item.
What I need to do :
I need to create a "dynamic" Infopath form, that presents the user with a CheckBox for each beer. If a new beer is added to the Beer list, a new Checkbox should show up on the form without intervention, even on saved instances of the form. I have not decided what should happen upon deletions.
I then need to save this infopath form, including the selections, in a sharepoint form library, so that the users can go back to one of maybe many beer-forms that they have saved, and maybe change the selections.
I also need to build a string from the selections at some point in time, and present this string in a visible column in the form library, but thats beyond the scope of this post.
What I managed to throw together so far:
I have a kind of working Infopath form. I have added a sharepoint dataconnection to the Beer list, and dragged a repeating table to the design area. This "works", i get a list of my list items. I then added dummy Y/N field to my beer content type, selected it in the fields, and now i get a neat checkbox next to my records.
Obviously this does not seem right. I do not need to save anything back to the Beer table, I only need to use the beer table for lookup, and keep the selected choices in the saved instance of the form.
Ok, thanks for staying with me so far. What do I do here, can Infopath be persuaded to support a scenario like this, or am I better off building custom webparts? I think my main questions are:
Can I maybe attach an "input-only" CheckBox to a repeating list/section ? (and how do I refer to such dynamically created control)
How do I make Infopath load the choices dynamicly from db, but save the data in the instance of the form?
Should, and can I maybe attach a content type to the form library, representing the choices and somehow attach that to the form?
Thanks for any input
If I understand your requirements, I think the thing to do here is to use a Multi-Selection list box (MSLB). This can have its values populated from a secondary data source (i.e. a list), and it would be bound to a repeating field that would automatically have values added and removed as values are selected and deselected.
As far as getting the selections into a single string, if you just want this value for a column of the form library that the forms will be submitted to, you can just use this repeating field as a promoted property, and use the "Aggregate" option to combine the values into one.
The other option would be to create a separate field to hold the string and use the "double eval trick" (please Google that) to combine the values into one. One gotcha here is that if you use double eval trick with a MSLB, you have to put the formula both in a rule on the MSLB's field, and in the default value formula for the target field.
I want to be able to filter a SharePoint list based on the values present (easy by clicking the filter button at the top of the list for each column). However I'd like to give options in a drop down menu and once chosen the list would be refilted based on the options I give. Is this possibile to do in the browser or would it require designer or actual code? Thank you.
This is all SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Server knowledge; I've never used 2007.
What #Ryan is alluding to here is that you can click a down-arrow on most list columns to filter them. One caveat is that if the column is multi-select, it won't display a drop-down. (SharePoint doesn't know how to group, filter, or sort on multi-select columns.) Another caveat could be that if you're displaying the list items in such a way that their headings don't appear (such as in a List View web part, or maybe in some of the styles...) you obviously won't be able to filter.
A solution might be to use a "SharePoint List Filter" web part, which uses a list column as the source for filter values which can then be sent to other web parts -- such as a List View web part. Presumably, you could use the list you're intending to filter as a source for the Filter web part itself. From a UX perspective maybe this might help you display the list with different styling, but still get the drop-down filter directly in the content area.
A caveat with the "SharePoint List Filter" web part is that it's not actually a drop-down per se, but instead shows a little filter icon that pops up a dialog in which users then have to select a value.
Note there's also the "Managed Metadata Navigation" feature that would give users dropdowns (for e.g. choice columns) and metadata filter fields (for managed metadata columns). These show up in the Quick Launch (left-nav area) if configured on the list/library settings. The feature must first be enabled on the site.
I have modified the NewForm.aspx page for a SharePoint list, and am changing the visibility of certain div's based on the value of radio input buttons. I'd like these values to be passed to a list field as well. I have a couple of questions regarding this:
1) How can I pass the Yes/No value from the radio input to a SharePoint list field?
2) Can I drop a Yes/No field from the list on the form and use that to control the visibility of my div's?
Thanks.
Since you're already using JavaScript, on your NewForm.aspx you could probably use SPUtility.js; full disclosure, this is an open source library I maintain.
Both of the options you mention are possible. I haven't added support for Yes/No fields (as of v0.3) but you could probably do something like this.
Create a single line of text field (will hold your value in the list). Lets call it "Text Field".
Based on our radio button input, call SPUtility to set the field's value:
SPUtility.GetSPField('Text Field').SetValue('Hello world!');
You could also probably hide "Text Field" so they can't see the value change.
Or... if you wanted to go with option #2, you could help me add support for Yes/No fields. :)
Hopefully this helps.
You can use our Smart List Pro product to modify your list form. We have various capabilities, such as showing/hiding fields depending on values of other fields and user identity, tabbed interface and much much more.