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Hiding fields in a form

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hiding fields in a Form is called what? How do I go about hiding fields in a form than having a button the user can click on to make the fields visible to fill out?  Thanks  Nick

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The attached is a sample that show-hides a sub form. The same syntax applies to a field.

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The "presence" property controls the visibility of form elements. 

This eseminar explains the details:

http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p87746471/

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The attached is a sample that show-hides a sub form. The same syntax applies to a field.

Steve

The following has evaluated to null or missing: ==> liqladmin("SELECT id, value FROM metrics WHERE id = 'net_accepted_solutions' and user.id = '${acceptedAnswer.author.id}'").data.items [in template "analytics-container" at line 83, column 41] ---- Tip: It's the step after the last dot that caused this error, not those before it. ---- Tip: If the failing expression is known to be legally refer to something that's sometimes null or missing, either specify a default value like myOptionalVar!myDefault, or use <#if myOptionalVar??>when-present<#else>when-missing. (These only cover the last step of the expression; to cover the whole expression, use parenthesis: (myOptionalVar.foo)!myDefault, (myOptionalVar.foo)?? ---- ---- FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related): - Failed at: #assign answerAuthorNetSolutions = li... [in template "analytics-container" at line 83, column 5] ----