https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/43.aspx enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/54271.aspxWed, 28 Apr 2010 12:41:40 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:54271Qazi Anis0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/54271.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=43&PostID=54271<p>by defualt put the section as visible.</p> <p>and reverse your condition </p> <p>suppose your original condition was </p> <p>if username&nbsp;is equal to &nbsp;&quot;abc&quot;</p> <p>show the section </p> <p>put it as </p> <p>if username is not equal to &quot;abc&quot;</p> <p>hide the section</p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/54269.aspxWed, 28 Apr 2010 11:32:38 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:54269evvo19610https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/54269.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=43&PostID=54269<p>im wanting to show an optional section if the user opening the form matches a value in a form control.</p> <p>however within the conditional formatting option for the optional control it only seems to allow me to hide the control, in other words the wrong way round to what i want.</p> <p>ive set the section to be hidden by default so want to know how i set it to be visible... </p> <p>can this be done?</p> <p>or can i utilise views as a way to do it? but can views be changed in situ of a form being completed ?</p>