Introducing Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003

Chapter Summary

Data validation by data entry applications such as InfoPath is critical to maintaining organization-wide data accuracy and consistency, especially if the data isn’t submitted immediately to a database that has built-in data validation rules. InfoPath’s data validation features closely resemble those for applying conditional formatting. Both features use standards-based XPath expressions. View .xsl files store expressions for conditional formatting; the manifest.xsf file holds data validation expressions, which apply to all views of a form. The primary difference in the data validation UI is substitution of a ScreenTip and message box for conditional formatting property values and the inability to add multiple expression groups. ...