change a field value when a form section is digitally signed

[anatess]

I have a form with 2 digital signature sections - Author and Approver. I am
trying to create a Read-Only field in my form that has a default value of
Draft. When the Author section is digitially signed, I would like to change
this field to have a value of "Submitted". When the Approver section is
digitally signed, I would like to change this field to have a value of
"Approved".
I tried using Rules on the Author and Approver field with a condition set to
"is signed". But this did not work.

I'm using Infopath 2003 SP2.

 

[psiEnergos]

I haven't tried exactly what you are trying to do but I think the problem may
be tied to the fact that you are making the field read-only (if memory
serves, it would be read only to programmatic changes to the field value as
well; I'm not positive on this though).

Have you tried to make the field not read only and see if it can be
programmatically changed? If so, you may need to set a validation rule that
prevents the field from being changed by the user instead of making it read
only.

Just a thought, hope it helps.

 

[Art]

I do this all the time

I always have a field named IsSubmiited and I set the value to yes when the
submit button is clicked via a rule.

 

[anatess]

Art, Your response gave me an idea, although it's not exactly what I wanted.
What I wanted was to change the field value when a section is digitally
signed.

For the meantime, I went ahead and added a rule in the Rules for Submitting
Forms dialog that will check for the 2 signable data and evaluate if they
have been signed and then change the Status field value. It's working
alright except that you won't get the proper status until the form is
submitted.

Any other thoughts?