Hi,
I try to get my form working with a repeating "choice subform set".
I have 2 different subforms in my set: Whenever the XML-element "type" has value "A" I want to show subformA. Same with value "B" and subformB.
The problem is: I never get to see any data. :-(
This is how my XML looks like:
<ourPlants>
<plant>
<type>cropPlant</type>
<name>apple tree</name>
<harvestMonth>9</harvestMonth>
<yield>100</yield>
</plant>
<plant>
<type>cropPlant</type>
<name>pear tree</name>
<harvestMonth>10</harvestMonth>
<yield>50</yield>
</plant>
<plant>
<type>ornamentalPlant</type>
<name>rose</name>
<color>red</color>
<odor>none</odor>
</plant>
</ourPlants>
My hierarchy looks like this:
setOfPlants (choice subform set)
cropPlant (subform with this binding: $.plant.(type=="cropPlant"))
yield (text field)
ornamentalPlant (subform with this binding; $.plant.(type=="ornamentalPlant"))
color (text field)
In my repeating "choice subform set" I picked "Choose subform using expression". The first alternative subform got the binding "$.plant" and the expression 'type=="cropPlant"'. The second alternative subform got the binding "$.plant" and the expression 'type=="ornamentalPlant"'.
Actually it is strange that the Designer generated the subform bindings without the "[*]"-notation. I would have expected a binding like:
$.plant[*].(type=="cropPlant")
But even when I overwrite this binding that way I still don't get any data into my form.
I did some extensive googeling but cannot find a good example of choice subform sets where "expression" is used. Everybody seems to use only the "Chooce Subform Whose Name Matches Data Element or Attribute"-option.
Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong with this form? Does anyone have a working example with this technique?
[I could e-mail you my sample form and XML.]
Uli
