There is absolutely nothing about this anywhere. So Just as well start one.
How can you select or get the selected index of a drop box (without code at the back) in infopath
The field that the dropbox is bound to will contain the value of the item that is selected. to change the item that is selected, change the value of the field.
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Here is an image of it. I want the default value to be Open when the toggle is selected as yes.
Change the Default setting for the dropdown control to a formula along these lines:
If(MyToggle.Value=true,"Three","One")
If the control is a Combobox, which is what's used for a SharePoint Choice column, then the items are records, not just a list of text. For a combo box you need to change the property for "DefaultSelectedItems" and set it to something like this:
If(MyToggle.Value,{Value:"Three"},Parent.Default)
Make sure that the value you are using is a valid one according to the SharePoint choice column definition.
I have a created list with values in it
When I create an item and click on "Next" then it should save and redirect to "Edit form". But instead of showing the values I have entered, it shows the previously edited item.
What am I doing wrong?
Please check the default value of the form.And also one thing you can do is ,you can always filter the First row from the list,so it always shows the latest saved data.
I'm facing this issue where I've five dropdowns on my form made with nintex forms. Three existing dropdowns work fine but the two new dropdown displays the option "Please select a value..." as the default option even though the default value I've set is "Select Action". Does anybody has any idea why this is happening?
Full details:
All dropdowns are connected to respective choice type fields in the sharepoint list.
All dropdowns have unique names as well as unique javascript variable.
I've tried setting default values in sharepoint list as well as in the form but no luck.
The list column has three choices:
Select Action (default)
Final
In-Progress
The form displays it like:
1) Please select a value... (default)
2) Select Action
3) Final
4) In-Progress
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? and how to resolve it? I don't want the default nintex value - "Please select a value..." as it doesn't look too professional.
Update:
This behaviour by form is for already existing items. For new items, the default is working fine. But I've lots of old items in list which cannot be discarded.
Right click on drop down control and under settings -> Set default value source -> specify default value.
Second approach:
Under list setting ,click on the column name and specify the default value
I have a form on Sharepoint, whereby I have 2 drop-down controls.
Lets say the first one has values "A, B and C" to choose from.
According to the option selected in the 1st drop-down, I will have to populate the 2nd drop-down accordingly.
Is there a way to do that in Sharepoint Designer or Infopath?
The dropdown are both created similarly;
Or if I can at least filter the 2nd drop down, according to the value chosen in the 1st drop down.
I am newbie in Sharepoint dev, and need some tips on the above.
if I've understood you correctly, what you are trying to do is populate the 2nd dropdown list based on what is selected from the first.
Have you tried to put a filter on the 2nd drop-down, like this...?
Open up your list form in InfoPath
Right click on the 2nd choice field and select, 'Drop-down List Box Properties'
Click on the button to the right of 'Entries'
Click on 'Filter Data' button
Click on 'Add'
Enter the condition (i.e. 'Choice' is equal to 'Choice', or whatever the name of your 1st choice field is.)
Does that work? (I'm assuming you aren't using a secondary data source.)
I am using SSIS (2008R2) to insert data into a SharePoint 2010 list. The problem I am having is that the combo box selections are inserted as text values (not the appropriate selection) and are not available on a subsequent extract. They also immediately revert to the first list item if a user edits the list item. How do I insert data and make the appropriate value selection from the combo-box values?
Ok. Figured this one out with a little trial and error.
The combo-box/"multi-select choice" stores as plain text.
In order to programatically insert with SSIS set the default value of the choice to calculation and leave it empty.
It is important to note that these items are not set to restrict to list.
Simply changing the default value to an empty calculation instead of "choice" (which defaults to the first list item) allowed me to insert plain text values and have them store properly.