https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/69910.aspxThu, 01 Sep 2011 03:44:33 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:69910Jimmy0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/69910.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=69910<p>InfoPath will obey the conditional formatting rules, even when the form has just loaded.&nbsp; If you&#39;ve set the section to be hidden when a checkbox is unchecked, it will be hidden when the checkbox is unchecked.&nbsp; You&#39;ll need to think of some additional logic for hiding these sections (e.g. Checkbox is unchecked <strong>AND</strong> <em>some other condition</em>)</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/69890.aspxWed, 31 Aug 2011 19:04:27 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:69890dms.WebDev0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/69890.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=69890<p>I am using IP 2007.&nbsp; I have 5 checkboxes: user can check any that apply.&nbsp; Two checkboxes cause their own&nbsp;corresponding section to&nbsp;show&nbsp;if true.&nbsp;</p><p>When the form loads I want all sections to&nbsp;be visible&nbsp;so a user can print a blank form and fill it out by hand if they choose to.&nbsp; The hide/show functionality is only necessary for those who fill the form out online.</p><p>The problem is that one of my&nbsp;optional sections that is supposed to be visible on default, is hidden on default even though&nbsp;on Section Properties data tab, default settings &quot;Include the section in the form&quot;&nbsp;radio button is checked.&nbsp;&nbsp; The opposite is true for the other problematic section (it&#39;s hidden on default but should be visible on default)..&nbsp; Both sections&nbsp;operate similarly - on default (page load) they should be visible, but once user checks a box, the section should still be visible, but if they uncheck the box, it should become hidden.&nbsp; It seems a better idea would be to crate a view for printing and not worry about the hide/show functionality.....? but then I wonder why is there an option to set default settings to include section on form?&nbsp; what is the point of&nbsp;setting default options&nbsp;then?</p><p>I get same behavior using a Section control&nbsp;or a&nbsp;Optional Section control.&nbsp;&nbsp;The condition to hide section are set in&nbsp;section properties.&nbsp; There are no&nbsp;rules&nbsp;or conditions&nbsp;set on the checkbox controls.</p>