Visibility of HIDDEN items using FormAPI

sunil_j

Hi,

I have a hidden item inside my DCT. I wish to turn on the visibility of this item when my DCR is opened next time using FormApi. Is there any way to acheive this.

eg.
In my DCT I have something like

<item name="New_Name">
<label>New Name</label>
<hidden/>
</item>

Now when my DCT is getting loaded I wish to make this item visible using something like this

IWDatacapture.getItem("/New_Name").setVisible(true);

If thats not possible is there some way to make a textbox inside a replicant invisble everytime I click on the + symbol, and make it visible when I next open my DCR using Edit and now this textbox has some value.

Regards
Sunil

Johnny

If you want to control a field with formapi you shouldnt use the <hidden> tag.

Make it a text field and use formapi to set the visibility.

I remember from reading the FormAPI doco's that the hidden tag is not needed anymore as FormAPI gives you better control

John Cuiuli
Consultant
Sydney, Australia