How can I make a form field appear when a seclection is made from.

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Dbltap - 04 Mar 2005 04:59 GMT

I would like to make it so when a seclection is made from a drop down another
field appears that was not there, or visible, before. Is there a way to do
this?

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Greg - 04 Mar 2005 13:01 GMT

Yes. Lets say your dropdown fieldcode bookmark name is dropdown1 and
that the values are "show" and "hide". Check the box "calculate on
exit" in the formfield dialog box. Insert a REF field embedded in an
IF field

{IF {Dropdown1}="Show""Show this text"""}

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Dbltap - 04 Mar 2005 15:39 GMT

Ok, I think I get it. If what I wanted to show was another couple of field
boxes I would just do this?

{IF {Dropdown1}="Show" {Field1} {Field2}}

> Yes. Lets say your dropdown fieldcode bookmark name is dropdown1 and
> that the values are "show" and "hide". Check the box "calculate on
> exit" in the formfield dialog box. Insert a REF field embedded in an
> IF field
>
> {IF {Dropdown1}="Show""Show this text"""}

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Charles Kenyon - 04 Mar 2005 21:47 GMT

I suspect you want to include your two fields in quotation marks. I would
anyway.

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> Ok, I think I get it. If what I wanted to show was another couple of field
> boxes I would just do this?
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>> {IF {Dropdown1}="Show""Show this text"""}

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