Supported InfoPath controls

Microsoft InfoPath is a form layout and design tool and part of the Microsoft Office Suite. It is used to create the forms that will be associated with your Workflows, and should be installed on the machine where you design forms and workflows.

The following table lists the InfoPath controls, features, and functions and whether or not they are supported in Form Workflow.

InfoPath control/features/function support table

InfoPath Control	Winshuttle Support	Notes
Text Box	Supported
Rich Text Box	Not supported
Drop Down List	Supported
Combo Box	Partial	Direct user typing in is not supported.
List Box	Supported
Date Picker	Supported
Check Box	Supported
Option Buttons	Supported
Button	Not supported	Use WS.button/ShareVis.Button control instead.
Section	Supported
Optional Section	Partial	Displays contained controls, but no user toggle to hide section.
Repeating Section	Supported
Repeating Table	Supported
Horizontal Repeating Table	Supported
Master/Detail	Not supported
Bulleted List	Partial	Displays value, but no user ability to add new rows.
Numbered List	Partial	Displays value, but no user ability to add new rows.
Plain List	Partial	Displays value, but no user ability to add new rows.
Multiple-Selection List Box	Not supported
File Attachment	Not supported	Use ShareVis Attachment Control instead.
Picture	Not supported
Ink Picture	Not supported
Hyperlink	Supported
Expression Box	Not supported
Vertical Label	Not supported
Scrolling Region	Supported
Horizontal Region	Supported
Choice Group	Not supported
Repeating Choice Group	Not supported	User cannot repeat sections.
Choice Section	Not supported
Repeating Recursive Section	Supported
Data connections
Sharepoint List A SharePoint List is a container for data used by workflows. A SharePoint List may contain a list of usernames, materials, documents, etc.	Supported	Farm-to-farm communication is not supported.
SQL server	Supported
XML	Supported
Access	Not supported
Functions
adddays	Supported
add seconds	Supported
avg	Supported
concat	Supported
count	Supported
nz	Supported
max	Supported
min	Supported
now	Supported
today	Supported
string length	Supported
substring	Supported
substring-after	Supported
substring-before	Supported
sum	Supported
translate	Supported
string-length(normalize-space)	Supported
floor	Not Supported
number	Not Supported
boolean	Not Supported
ceiling	Not Supported
contains	Not Supported
true	Not Supported
false	Not Supported
last	Not Supported
local-name	Not Supported
name	Not Supported
namespace-uri	Not Supported
not	Not Supported
username	Not Supported
position	Not Supported
round	Not Supported
string	Not Supported
starts-with	Not Supported
normalize-space	Not Supported
Nested functions	Not Supported	Any nested combination of supported functions is not supported.