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Reset button and field display properties

AndrewAlb
Registered: Aug 16 2007
Posts: 97

I had a question about reset form and the form properties - specifically the display properties. I have been having off and on success in maintaining the forms default settings for certain fields that I toggle the visible property for. Example - the form should start out with field 'B' hidden - it is toggled off and on by the input of field 'A'. When I reset the form, field 'B' doesn't always reset to hidden - how do I control this and what exactly is the reset button doing?
 
Thank you.

Andrew D. Albrecht, MS
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My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.0, Windows
thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
How are you triggering the Hide/Show logic? What forms technology are you using, AcroForms or LiveCycle?

When doing this kind of thing the very first thing you need to do is determine which events you will be using and how they will be used. You need to make sure that the event you choose to provide this action covers the bases. That it's called everytime you want things to change. If it doesn't they you may need to use another event or some other action to cover the holes.

You also need to make sure that other actions on the form do not interfere with this process.

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