visibility option bug in VC 7.1 SP5

[Former Member]

Hi,

I just updated CE7.1 to SP5 and redeployed a VC application. Unfortunately there is a bug involving the visibility option of VC controls.

For example: There is a button which should only be visible if a certain condition is fulfilled. After updating to SP5 the button is always visible whether or not the condition holds true. Setting the visibility of the button to the fixed value false still hides the button.

Please provide a bug fix soon, since this affects a very frequently used function of the VC.

Best regards,

Kevin

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It turns out this is a known bug.

There is a workaround for this: If you refer to the field with itsfull qualified name it should work.

For example instead of using the following field name in the visibility box:

=BOOL1

you should enter

=[my form name]@BOOL1

Please let me know if this works for you.

Regards,

Shai

[Former Member]

Hi Shai,

thanks for your help. It works the way you discribed. The bug must be new in SP5 because I didn't have these problems before.

Regards,

Kevin

[Former Member]

Thanks for reporting.

I will look into this.

Shai

[Former Member]

Hi Kevin,

This bug seems to be true for the inputfield's visibility condition as well. I have been trying to hide the inputfield on condition but it is not working. (also upgraded to SP5).

If you hear anything about the patches please let me know as well.

Thanks much,

Dharmi