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have twenty follow up date/times and I need to create a rule that if date/time
is not blank and form is submitted it is disabled &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;

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the cycle repeats for the next time they open the form in edit mode to enter
another follow up in date/time field &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;

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