When inputfied is changed then hide a button?

[jagannalla]

Hi,

I've a field A as input field. Now when i change a any value of the field in the tablebox then i want to hide one button.

[klausskalts]

First create (in the script) a Shadow-field with the original value of the Inputfield

Then make a condition in  Conditional Show in the Layout Tab of the properties:

Value of Shadow-field = Value of Inputfield

Toggle between show all Tabs and Objects by using the <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<S> shortcut.

OK?

[jagannalla]

Ya i created shadow field and tried as you said previously but the think is if you select only one data value it will work.

For Eg:

ID   SName LName

1      A             Z

2      B            Y

- Assume that the above structure is displayed in tablebox and the input fields are SName, LName.

- Now i'll change A to AAA it will not hide the button. But if you contain table box like below it will work.

ID   SName LName

1      A             Z

[tanelry · Accepted solution]

I usually create calculated variable vInputChanged: = sum(all if( not A_inputfield = A_shadowfield, 1, 0))

It will show number of changed inputfield values. With no changes the value is 0. Keyword "all" disregards any selections.

Then use this variable in the object's show condition as needed.

[jagannalla]

Thanks Tanel it's working. But, when i want to see the button i need to give A_inputfield value as per data what we have previously. The think is i will change the value and then i perform another selections and i leave the file. When again i open the file i not able to see the button b'coz the inputfield value is changed. Is there any process to control this.

[tanelry]

I'm not sure if that is what you ask for, but to delete user input you use macro:

sub ResetInput
set fld1 = ActiveDocument.Fields("A_inputfield")
fld1.ResetInputFieldValues 0 
'Reset mode (integer) 0 = Reset all values, 1 = Reset possible values, 2 = reset single value
end sub

Note that in most situations it is good to set this macro triggered by OnPostReload too (if you change inputfield values during reload).