Re: How do I "hide" a section in one view based on the button value from another view?

Jimmy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:38:53 GMT

Hello Jim, and welcome to the forum. There is a very simple way to do this:

Create a field in your data source to hold a value to reflect which button was pressed.
Create a rule in each of your change view buttons to set a value in this field, depending on which button it was. For example if someone clicks the A button, specify a rule on the A button to set the field's value to "A."
Use conditional formatting on the section to hide the section if the field has certain values.

How do I "hide" a section in one view based on the button value from another view?

jim_r — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:38:18 GMT

Hi again,

I looked for this in the help, couldn't find the answer, so here I am.

I figured out how to change views with buttons earlier today thanks to Anuma. Now I need to figure out how to hide a section in one view based on which button a user selected in another view.

There doesn't seem to be a "stock" option for this, since the only "non-customized" methods I can use to hide/show a section involve conditional formatting. Do I need to create a custom script?

For example, the billing county only displays if a user selects button A or B in the "Start Up" view. I created a section called "billing_county_group" and within it a field called "billing_county". If the user selects button A or B in Start Up, the billing_county_group must be hidden. There are actually about 7 sections in the Data Entry view that need to be "hidden" if a user selects the A or B button.

Any ideas? In the meantime, I'll keep looking for an answer.

Thanks again,

Jim

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