Dynamic Forms

Conventional HTML forms have a fixed number of controls for entry of a particular component of the form data. HTML forms have no way to dynamically add further form controls in response to user action. In that respect, HTML forms share the limitations of forms expressed on paper. They must provide a fixed number of form controls, which might not be enough for some situations, yet might be excessive for some simpler scenarios.

InfoPath provides support for dynamic views by using repeating sections and repeating tables.

Repeating Sections

In the first example in Chapter 1, you saw the use of repeating sections, both in querying a database and in submitting data to a database. When a repeating section is present, a user may add additional ...

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