How to make field not required when disabled?

Question

Hi,

I have one drop down which cannot be blank and it has blank as default value. I have also one checkbox with value True and if this one is ticked, then the dropdown should be disabled and allow blank. If the checkbox is not ticked then blank value in the dropdown should not be allowed.

I have my rule to disable the dropdown which works fine:

But when I add a validation rule to set it to be required only if it is blank and the checkbox is not equal to True (not checked) then it is always required regardless of whether the checkbox is ticked or not. Rule:

What am  I missing here?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Triple9

On you dropdown field you should have following rules:

1st Condition: checkboxField = TRUE and dropdownField is blank  -> ScreenTip Value   //validation rule

2nd Condition: checkboxField = FALSE  -> Disable Control                                            //disable control rule

In your case on select field: Disable if nothing to report - should be change to False

                                         Required - Value = True and Subject is blank

Hope this will help

 

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Regards, Marcin (Please mark as helpful or answered if it helps)

Answer 2

Thanks, the rules I had was correct it's just that I added a checkbox choice to the list and not the checkbox control in InfoPath.

Edit: I added checkbox and True as on option, not the Yes/No choice, sigh.