Dynamic vs. conditional formatting

[Greg S]

Is there a way to change the formatting on an object (e.g. table background
color) and have that format dictated by a value in the XML? I'm not talking
about conditional formatting, but true dynamic formatting. For example: I
can use conditional formatting to change color, but I have to code the form
ahead of time to expect specific colors. In a dynamic scenario I want to
have the content drive the color, but I don't want to restrict the list of
colors by creating a conditional formatting rule for each possible color.

pseudo code example
Conditional formatting: if myValue = "green", set color = "green"
Dynamic: set color = myValue

 

[Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]]

You can probably do this by manually modifying the view XSL, but it will probably require that you use a Preserve Code Block to do it if you don't want to lose your changes the next time you save your form template from the designer.

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Is there a way to change the formatting on an object (e.g. table background
color) and have that format dictated by a value in the XML? I'm not talking
about conditional formatting, but true dynamic formatting. For example: I
can use conditional formatting to change color, but I have to code the form
ahead of time to expect specific colors. In a dynamic scenario I want to
have the content drive the color, but I don't want to restrict the list of
colors by creating a conditional formatting rule for each possible color.

pseudo code example
Conditional formatting: if myValue = "green", set color = "green"
Dynamic: set color = myValue