Hide subform based upon value in text field.

[Former Member]

Hi,

My challenge is to not display (print) a subform when the value of one of the text fields in the subform is blank.

The body page of my form has a main subform --> Item_data_1.

This subform displays portions of the order record in columns. For example:

Qty Unit Weight Material# Material Descrip, then a couple of place holder text fields.

Within the subform Item_data_1, I have another subform --> CustMaterialNumber

To keep data in columns, this subform has 3 place holder fields, then a field for KDMAT, then some place holder fields.

This allows KDMAT directly below Material#.

I then have additional subform below the above, each with text fields bound to a record field.

The subforms are FLOWED / Western Text.

The following code does hide the field(s) if applied to each object in the subform.

if ( $.isNull ) then $.presence="hidden" else $.presence="visible" endif

But, if I do that, when KDMAT has a value, the field shifts to the left - which makes sense.

I think I need to apply code to the subform that checks the value of KDMAT, but not sure how or the correct syntax.

Thank you,

[OttoGold]

Please try to search before asking a basic question the next time. This questions was answered like zillion times here.

Regards Otto

[Former Member]

Hi Patrick,

Do the scripting at the subform level i.e. the subform that contains the text field whose value determines the presence of the parent subform.

if (this.<textfieldname>.rawvalue == " ")

{

this.presence = "hidden";

}

I am more used to Javascript....

Hope that resolves your questions.

Regards,

Arun.

[jitendra_mehta]

Hi Patrick:

Your solution worked when I refer to the text field in thr read:form event in the subform.

My question is I have several text field items under subform End_of_page. I don't want to check the value of each text fiela d in the subform. Can I write a script at subform level to hide all the text fields under the subform?

Jitendra Mehta

[OttoGold]

Of course you can place a script on subform, hide subform and not field by field. It is highly recommended and will have much better performance. You can even use relative addressing like this.presence = "hidden"; (when you place it on subform, this means the subform and thus will hide the subform for you).

Regards Otto