How to bring info from two sources into one pulldown

[KJL]

Is there a way to have one cell call to two or more other sources that are in
different groups?

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

If it's a drop-down list box you want to fill with data from different
sources, all you have to do is construct the XML for the data source of the
drop-down in code while using data from other groups or data sources. You can
also use an XSL transformation (see
http://enterprise-solutions.swits.net/infopath/transform-data-secondary-data-source-xslt.htm).

 

[KJL]

Thank you for the help, unfortunately I'm not clear on how to do what you
suggest. Is there any help in info path or elsewhere that can give me a
tutorial of how to construct XML? Is there an altenativefor someone who is
not a developer?

I followed the tutorial on cascading entries but the sources that I want to
include are text boxes in a repeating table...the tutorial uses entries from
the data source.

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

Unfortunately, I do not know of an easy way to do what you would like to do
without code, but perhaps someone else might know. To learn more about XML,
you can go to http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp or
http://www.w3.org/XML/ . To get more help on InfoPath, you can go to
http://www.infopathdev.com ; there are many MVPs active in the forum who
might be able to help you.

 

[KJL]

WOW!
Just a short time with the tutorial and I feel like I might be able to solve
my problem by the end of the day!!
Thanks

 

[S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton]

You're welcome! Glad the links helped.