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 I need to hide a group of fields on form open and show the field based upon a checkbox value.

I know how to create a formatting rule to hide the field based on a checkbox value, but how do you initially hide the field and then show it?

 Also, can you do this with a Section. I'd like to see if I can Hide/Show a section, cuz when I hide the field, the label still shows on the form. 

 Thanks,
 John 

Simple sample attached. Right click the linked file and save locally. Right click the saved file and choose Design to open in design mode - then you can preview. You'll see the formatting on the section hides it unless the checkbox field = true. You can change that rule to whatever the checked value will be. If you ever need to also hide a label, you can use the calculated value control for the label and then add conditional formatting on that, but, like you, I think a section is a better option.

 Apologies, I'm using IP2013 and SP 2013 on Premise.

 I got the field to hide on form open, but not the label, but I did get the section to hide based upon a value that does not equal one in the checkbox field.

I created another rule that does the same thing, but does equal a value in the checkbox, but the section does not show.

 What can I do to show this section based on a checkbox value?

 Thanks 

 Thanks Hilary. I can hide the field with a not equals to value, but when it does equal the value, it still doesn't show. Do I need another rules to make it show? 

My guess is that there is a difference between your rule and the checkbox value. May I see a copy of your form? You can attach it under a reply on the Options tab.

Thanks again. The Checkbox field has 7 values that correspond to 7 text fields. I need to hide those fields on form open and show if the checkbox is checked with that value.

Oh! Do you mean the multiple select list in your form? Is that the "checkbox"?

If so, try this on your condition - put the data source in advanced view and where you've selected the multi-select Value node, use the drop down to select "all instances", see if that helps....

Yes, it's a SP Choice field to allow multiple selections.

Still not working. I can hide the sections, they're just not showing when the checkbox is checked. What does changing the Sections to 'Optional' do?

Weird, it works for me. Attaching screenshots and will post again with sample form.

Template

Where do you get 'All Occurrences of Value'? I don't see that in my form.

Up further in this thread, I attached a screenshot. When you create the condition, on the first dropdown, click on select a field or group. When the field picker opens, click the link under the data source to show in advanced mode. Then, the Value field should have a dropdown at the bottom of the dialog, as per my earlier screenshot? You could also change my sample condition so that the first dropdown is "the expression" and InfoPath will show you the XPath expression for the condition. Then you can just change it for the other options.... :)

OK, I found that, but now when I check the box, only the label appears, nit the text field. I know it's something simple I'm missing.