InfoPath Dev

Is there a way to disable one or more controls on an InfoPath 2003 form when the form is opened? I've seen the 'Open and Save' option in the Form Options list but there doesn't appear to be a way to disable a button in this list.

hi markperry,

yes it is possible, by applying the conditional format on the controls what ever you want to be disable based on some condition of another field.

You have to use conditional formating for each control you want to disable or hide (or set textboxes to read only mode, but this isn't easily changeable afterwards any more.) So I would suggest that you really use conditional formatting for your controls or sections.

One way you could do this is that in your onload event you set a value to a dummy node (with code, e.g. XDocuemnt.DOM.selectSingleNode(my:myFields/my:dummy).text = 1; ) then set a condition to all of your contorls which hides / disables them when dummy is equal to one.

Hope this helps.