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Conditional formatting - show only if form has been saved?

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M. Brane - 04 Mar 2008 14:19 GMT
Is there any way to set a format condition with the logic: show this
only if the form has been saved?

I've added a SUBMIT button to a form, but I don't want people to be
able to submit unless they've saved it first...
Clay Fox - 04 Mar 2008 15:00 GMT
Hi.
Best practice is typically not to allow the user to "save", via the file
menu or toolbar, but rather to create a submit data connection to a file
location since this way the naming of the form and the locatioin are
controlled and set.
I am not sure where you are "submiting" the form afterwards.

You need to create a field which will be used to store the form state.

So by default it is set to new. With your submit or Save button you would
add a rule to change the statefield to submitted or saved or whatever you
would like to use.  Then you can use this field and its value with your
conditional formatting.
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> Is there any way to set a format condition with the logic: show this
> only if the form has been saved?
>
> I've added a SUBMIT button to a form, but I don't want people to be
> able to submit unless they've saved it first...
 
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