How can I make an InfoPath textfield within an repeating table auto increment?

Question

Within my InfoPath form (which has to be loaded within a SharePoint Portal by the browser)I have a repeating table containing multiple fields. Now I would like to make the first textfield autoincrement starting by 1. How exactly can I do this?

I have already heard of a way by using the "count" function but this produces errors or in best case a static number which unfortunately does not count. The function I have added for the field is "count(.) + 1"

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Let's say your repeating group is called "item" and your autoincrement field is called "index". The default value of the index field should be

count(/my:myFields/my:item)

This should count correctly for you.

Answer 2

I suspect you really want position(). Count is just going to return the total count of nodes that match the xpath expression you give it.