Stop Subforms from reverting to hidden when Submitted by Email

[Former Community Member]

I have various subforms on my form. Most of them are hidden until you click a button to show (expand) them. All of the subforms have various checkboxes for the users to select from. The problem is that regardless of the subforms that have been expanded and have options selected on them, when the form is submitted via email all of the subforms revert back to hidden so I have no idea what they've selected without going through the whole form and expanding all the options which isn't feasible for the process to work.



How do I make sure my expanded subforms remain visible upon email submission?



I'm sure there's a thread somewhere on this, but I can't seem to find it. Thanks for any help.

[Former Community Member]

Try this option:



File -> Form Properties -> Defaults tab -> Click "Automatically" on "Preserve scripting changes to form when saved".



I have not used this option before and don't know what version of the client is required.



I usually put all of the show / hide logic in a script object (attached to the relevant subform) and then call this on the initialize and click / exit events.



This way the subforms will be visible when you submit.



John.

[Former Community Member]

My forms work beautifully now! Thanks so much!