Thanks for the info Mo.The reason I put the hide/show calls in the layout ready event was because, when I put them in the form ready event, when a new instance of the repeatable subform was created none of the subforms within the repeatable subform were hidden, i.e. it would simply display the conte...

I have a number of subforms within my main form - one of the subforms can have multiple instances so I've set it as repeatable, etc. The initial instance of the subform can be invoked from a number of different dropdown lists elsewhere in the form. Now then, I can display the repeatable subform but ...

Niall - you are a genius!Many thanks for that,

Apologies if this has already been posted but nothing has come up via Google nor the Forum search.I'm sure this should be easy but it's really doing my head in!I have a number of textboxes, dropdown lists, etc within my form - I have set Custom backgrounds on each which are visible within Design Vie...