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What do you mean by calculated value in InfoPath?
Calculated value in Infopath is control, OOTB (out of the box), i.e. just visual container. Controls can be bound or not to data fields (and vice versa, it is possible to have data fields without there visual rendering).
How are formulas stored in Microsoft Office InfoPath?
A formula will always return a single result. Formulas are stored in fields and are displayed in the controls that are bound to those fields. You can create a formula by using the control’s properties (for text boxes, rich text boxes, and date pickers) or the field’s properties.
Do you use calculated value control in SharePoint list?
First, do not use calculated value control for your purposes – its data source is expression but not data field. It is data fields that are linked to sharepoint list and possible to submit to it. In Infopath 2007, 2010’s calculated value control had more fortunate and less misleading name – Expression Box.
How to change a bound control to a calculated control?
Assuming you have already created your bound control, use the following procedure to change it to a calculated control and avoid any name conflicts. Right-click the form or report in the Navigation Pane, and then click Design View. Click the field you want to change, and then press F4 to open the property sheet.
It is the easiest way to put fields from Infopath form into Sharepoint. Other way around, putting them first in Sharepoint, in most cases are redundant to the steps to be made in Infoapth Designer and frequently leading to type mismatches between Sharepoint and Infopath.
I’ve just checked that if to create a calculated column in a sharepoint list first, then creating its Sharepoint List Form by pressing Customize Form button (in Sharepoint Designer or in a browser), the corresponding to it field is created in Infopath form template as a data field without any corresponding control.
Can a control not be bound to a field?
Controls can be bound or not to data fields (and vice versa, it is possible to have data fields without there visual rendering). OOTB, when you drag’n’drop Calculated value control from ribbon in Infopath Designer ( IPD ), it is not bound to doesn’t create a data source/field bound to control.
How are SharePoint data fields linked to SharePoint list fields?
If you meant under it a sharepoint list then Infopath Sharepoint List Form data fields are directly (and rigidly) linked to its sharepoint list fields. If you meant under it a sharepoint library then you should promote a data field during publishing your Infopath template in order to have it copied to a field in sharepoint library.