Infopath - Populate a text box depending on the selection of a dropdown list
Hi there,
couldn't find an Infopath section hopefully this section is close enough :)
I've just created a form to test this out to see if it can be done - I've created the form based on a connection to a database. The database contains 2 fields - FullName & EmailAddress.
The form contains two controls -
A drop down list - linked to the FullName Field
A text box - this I want to update depending on the selection in the drop down list.
If Employee 1 is selected from the drop down I want that employees email address to populate the text box.
Can this be done?
Many thanks in advance
Michael
couldn't find an Infopath section hopefully this section is close enough :)
I've just created a form to test this out to see if it can be done - I've created the form based on a connection to a database. The database contains 2 fields - FullName & EmailAddress.
The form contains two controls -
A drop down list - linked to the FullName Field
A text box - this I want to update depending on the selection in the drop down list.
If Employee 1 is selected from the drop down I want that employees email address to populate the text box.
Can this be done?
Many thanks in advance
Michael
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Hi bruintje,
many thanks for that - it works a treat :)
InfoPath is a piece of software I had never heard of until recently and it seems to be a wonderful program :)
Again many thanks.
Michael
many thanks for that - it works a treat :)
InfoPath is a piece of software I had never heard of until recently and it seems to be a wonderful program :)
Again many thanks.
Michael
Michael thanks for the grade,
yes it looks wonderfull indeed, there is a learning curve which i guess will keep a lot of people from using it while they still can build on their current knowledge about html/xml/vb/excel/word etc..... maybe i'm over emphasizing the usefullness but to me it looks like this application could replace a lot of the current build custom applications for intranets.
but of course it will take another 5 years to prve me right or wrong :-)
in the meantime we enjoy having it around, see also
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/training/CR061832771033.aspx
Brian
yes it looks wonderfull indeed, there is a learning curve which i guess will keep a lot of people from using it while they still can build on their current knowledge about html/xml/vb/excel/word etc..... maybe i'm over emphasizing the usefullness but to me it looks like this application could replace a lot of the current build custom applications for intranets.
but of course it will take another 5 years to prve me right or wrong :-)
in the meantime we enjoy having it around, see also
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/training/CR061832771033.aspx
Brian
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