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Getting a button to disable or make other controls read only when the button is clicked. Also, when clicked I like the button to disable itself as well, so can't know one change or click anything on one half of the form. Please help. If I can do the without the VSTA, that would be great.

Hi,

You can do this using rules and conditional formatting.

1. Add a Boolean field with default value set to false to the schema.

2. Add a rule to the button to set the Boolean field to True.

3. Add a conditional formatting to the button as if Boolean field value is equal to true then disable the button.

4. Add the same conditional formatting for the fields to hide/ make read only.

swathip,

Can you elaborate for step 3. If I am in the rule section I only see a action that I can add. Can you just speak a little more detail on step 3. Thanks. 

Conditional formatting is not in the rules section. If you are in the button properties, I think it is under the 'Display' tab. So you use rules to set a field's value, then you base conditional formatting off that field's value....

Here are the steps you will take:

Control A is a text box and Control B is a button. Your scenario is that you only want to have the button display when there is text in the text box. Double click on the button and select the Display tab --> Conditional formatting. Click the Add button and in the first condition, select the field name for your text box (Control A). In this case, your condition will be “is blank” and then select “Hide this control” or “Disable this control.” When you preview your form, it will not display the button unless you place text in the text box.

Do you have to disable it? Can you hide it instead? If so, you could put it in a section and use conditional formatting to hide the section....