Required fields

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Otis

I have a form that has multiple sections. These sections are displayed based
on check boxes. the user of the form can complete one or all sections. I
would like to add required fields to each section, however when the form is
submitted i want it to validate the required fields on the selected section
not all sections.

Does anyone have any idea.

Thank you.
 
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Greg Collins [InfoPath MVP]

In your case you should not set up schema based required fields. Instead use data validation--here you can specify to only require a field if it is in a selected section.
 
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Otis

Thank you for your response Gregg.

I am very new to infopath and have used it for 3 days now.

I have already completed my form. is there any way to set up a schema after
the form is completed and where do i go to do this.

Keep in mind that i have a data source(SQL) on this form.
 
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Victoria

Hi, can you elaborate? In may case, I have three separate sections, none of
which are displayed until the user picks something from a drop down box. Then
just one of the three sections will be displayed. I want to require certain
fields in the displayed section, but not in the two that are not displayed.
 
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