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Supported InfoPath controls
Microsoft InfoPath is a form layout and design tool and part of the Microsoft Office Suite. It is used to create the forms that will be associated with your Workflows, and should be installed on the machine where you design forms and workflows.
The following table lists the InfoPath controls, features, and functions and whether or not they are supported in Form Workflow.
InfoPath control/features/function support table
InfoPath Control | Winshuttle Support | Notes |
Text Box | Supported | |
Rich Text Box | Not supported | |
Drop Down List | Supported | |
Combo Box | Partial | Direct user typing in is not supported. |
List Box | Supported | |
Date Picker | Supported | |
Check Box | Supported | |
Option Buttons | Supported | |
Button | Not supported | Use WS.button/ShareVis.Button control instead. |
Section | Supported | |
Optional Section | Partial | Displays contained controls, but no user toggle to hide section. |
Repeating Section | Supported | |
Repeating Table | Supported | |
Horizontal Repeating Table | Supported | |
Master/Detail | Not supported | |
Bulleted List | Partial | Displays value, but no user ability to add new rows. |
Numbered List | Partial | Displays value, but no user ability to add new rows. |
Plain List | Partial | Displays value, but no user ability to add new rows. |
Multiple-Selection List Box | Not supported | |
File Attachment | Not supported | Use ShareVis Attachment Control instead. |
Picture | Not supported | |
Ink Picture | Not supported | |
Hyperlink | Supported | |
Expression Box | Not supported | |
Vertical Label | Not supported | |
Scrolling Region | Supported | |
Horizontal Region | Supported | |
Choice Group | Not supported | |
Repeating Choice Group | Not supported | User cannot repeat sections. |
Choice Section | Not supported | |
Repeating Recursive Section | Supported | |
Data connections | ||
Sharepoint List | Supported | Farm-to-farm communication is not supported. |
SQL server | Supported | |
XML | Supported | |
Access | Not supported | |
Functions | ||
adddays | Supported | |
add seconds | Supported | |
avg | Supported | |
concat | Supported | |
count | Supported | |
nz | Supported | |
max | Supported | |
min | Supported | |
now | Supported | |
today | Supported | |
string length | Supported | |
substring | Supported | |
substring-after | Supported | |
substring-before | Supported | |
sum | Supported | |
translate | Supported | |
string-length(normalize-space) | Supported | |
floor | Not Supported | |
number | Not Supported | |
boolean | Not Supported | |
ceiling | Not Supported | |
contains | Not Supported | |
true | Not Supported | |
false | Not Supported | |
last | Not Supported | |
local-name | Not Supported | |
name | Not Supported | |
namespace-uri | Not Supported | |
not | Not Supported | |
username | Not Supported | |
position | Not Supported | |
round | Not Supported | |
string | Not Supported | |
starts-with | Not Supported | |
normalize-space | Not Supported | |
Nested functions | Not Supported | Any nested combination of supported functions is not supported. |