FOUND IT!  I had the same subform twice! I had hidden one and then when the user decided they wanted it, I copied one over. Thanks for the help guys!Jodi

I am going to double check the names.  I dont think i have any dups but you never know. It  could be a corrupted subform but not sure I will keep digging.Thank you so much for your help!Jodi

Thanks Minus Zero !  That was one of the first things I checked.  I am not sure if something isnt corrupted in a subform?I will keep digging !Thanks again!

Still doesnt work. the only reason for the condition was so that maybe it would prevent the email from happening before hiding the other fields.  So I removed the conditions and put the newButton.ExecEvent("click') at the end of all the hiding conditions and it still fires before it hides the field...

This is my actual script. (the above was just an example for ease) even when adding semi colons It still emails first and then hides the fields.  I even added the emailme, thinking that it would have to go through those steps first to get to the email me, but still no luck . if (errorcount == 0)    ...

i am still looking for an answer to this question if anyone has any ideas Thanks!Jodi

Hey Bruce!I actually figured it out!  I used Loop Through Subform Instances  and used this code.expenseReport.#subform[0].validate2::click – (JavaScript, client)  var vItems = expenses.expense.all;  for(i=0; i<vItems.length; i++)  {      if (vItems.item(i).description.rawValue == null)      {       ...

I used this codeexpenseReport.#subform[0].validate2::click – (JavaScript, client)  var vItems = expenses.expense.all;  for(i=0; i<vItems.length; i++)  {      if (vItems.item(i).description.rawValue == null)      {          xfa.host.messageBox("Missing description field");          break;      }  }I ...

Hey Bruce!Long time no talk! Hope you are doing well!  I have another repeating issue that I can't get to work I once again am trying to validate through a repeating subform, but this is just the subform.  I have tried to manipulate the different code you sent me but I am just getting validation on ...

Hey all! The blog was extremely helpful!  Does anyone know how to loop through more than one field in a subform? I am trying to create code where we check for multiple empty fields, looping through the subforms. Any ideas?Thanks!Jodi