Can you tag fields to display or hide based on user input?

[Former Community Member]

I have a 25 part form that my users access quite frequently - currently it is stored in 25 Word documents and the end users choose which ever parts they need and copy and paste into one form.  I am tasked with creating one form with all 25 parts in it - no big deal there, but the form must function so that only the text that they choose will display and the rest is hidden. Is there a way to tag text fields conditional based on end user selection?

For example - There are check boxes with a number followed by a text box with a sentence or 2 up to 5 or 6 short paragraphs. The users would like to select the check boxes required and have that text flow into one letter and the check boxes with respective text that are unchecked do not display.

Can I put each check box and subsequent text in a subform and somehow code it to display when the user wants?

Thank you in advance for your help with this.

-R

[Srini_Dhulipall]

Yes you. You can place the fields that you want to display in a separate Subform and then hide and display the subform when it is needed.

You can hide the subform by using Subform1.presence= "hidden";

You can display the subform by using Subform1.presence= "visible";

Hope this helps.. Let me know if you need more explanation.

Thanks

Srini

[Former Community Member]

Hi Srini,

Yes, thank you, I know I can set the field presence to visible or invisible

- I don't think my explanation was clear enough, I apologize.

What I need to do is set them to be visible or invisible based on user need

once they are using the PDF - they need to be able to check a text box next

to a field of text and have that display while making everything else except

the opening and closing paragraphs invisible.

I have attached the first page of the file so you can get a better idea of

what I am trying to do.

Thank you, again for your time,

R

[Srini_Dhulipall]

Can you please upload the document to Acrobat and post the link in the forum..

Thanks

Srini

[Former Community Member]

If I did this correctly the form is here https://acrobat.com/#d=yXz*sTqTKB-JR3GhcWd6VQ

thanks

R

[Srini_Dhulipall · Accepted solution]

Sent the updated form in a separately.

Let me know if it helps.

Thanks

Srini

[Former Community Member]

Srini to the rescue! yes that works - now, can you tell me how you did it so I can do the rest of the form,please?

Thank you

R

[Srini_Dhulipall]

Your form render format was set to Static PDF Form.I changed it to Dynamic PDF Form.

You can get this property by going to File -> Form Properties and then Defaults tab.

Thanks

Srini

[Former Community Member]

Hi Srini,

I was referring to how you nested the subforms to make them invisible

I need to continue to build on the work you created and add the next 100 pieces that are the same -

How do I continue adding check boxes and text fields to the form you sent me?

-R

Message was edited by: ryukhin

[Srini_Dhulipall]

If you look at your heirarchy you can find the following..

1) I wrapped all the fields from "OMFS/Excessive" onwards into a single subform. This will make page1 to have only two subforms (subform_1 and subform_2).

2) Inside Subform_2, I wrapped each of the text information that is to be displayed/ hidden into a subform. And then changed the content type to Flowed and set the height to Autofit.

3) Similarly I moved each of the checkbox question also to a subform. Changed the content type to Flowed. and set the height to Autofit.

4)Finally changed the Page1 content type to Flowed.

Let me know if you need more clarification.

Thanks

Srini

[Former Community Member]

Srini,

I cannot duplicate what you did - I am trying, I have the subforms set to what looks correct and mirrors the ones you created but the beahviour is not working on my form. I will send you the one I have been working on - I didn't want to touch yours because it works and I keep going back to it to see what I have missed or screwed up and I can't figure it out - could you please take a look at what I have done and see if you can point out where I went wrong?

thank you so much for your time

-R