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I have a multipage form with 18 differant signature fields. I need to initialize the form with Page 1 hidden and then after signing a certain field, that page becomes visible. My code is as follows:

PostSign for field form1.RCP_Form_Page1.Block_28.Suppliers_Signature is:

form1.ProcurementLetter_Page1.presence = "visible"

Initialize on field form1.ProcurementLetter_Page1 is:

if (form1.RCP_Form_Page1.Block_28.Suppliers_Signature == null) then

     form1.ProcurementLetter_Page1.presence = "hidden"

endif

The above code works until you close and reopen the form. When reopening, it defaults back a null condition because null in this case doesn't work. I have even tried adding ".rawValue" at the end of "Suppliers_Signature" and that doesn't resolve it.

I think the root question is, how do I test the if statement to show a true condition of whether or not the signature field is signed?

Thanks for all that reply!

Mallard27

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Hi,

You could also try the docReady event, which is the last event to fire as the page renders. This may be better than the initialize event.

Good luck,

Niall

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Hi,

If you have a look at the example here, it should give you a direction on the script: http://assure.ly/m8mN0m.

Hope that helps,

Niall

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Niall,

Thanks for the example. This code works great for a button press but I can't get it to work with initialize.

I need to initialize the form with form1.ProcurementLetter_Page1.presence = "hidden" only when the signature field (form1.RCP_Form_Page1.Block_28.Suppliers_Signature) is unsigned. When the field is signed, I am going to use the PostSign event to trigger the appearance of this page. Unfortunetly, I can't get this to work using your code listed in your example. If I hide the page, I can get it to reappear after signature but when you close and reopen, the page is gone again. Here is the code I used:

form1.InternalRoutingForm_Page2::initialize - (JavaScript, client)

var oState = event.target.getField("form1.RCP_Form_Page1[0].Block_29[0].Boeing_IPT_Signature[0]").signatureValidate();

if (oState == 0)

{

    form1.InternalRoutingForm_Page2.presence = "hidden";

}

With this code, the form initializes showing the page "visible" instead of "hidden" even though the signature field is unsigned; which means the page should be hidden.

Thoughts? This must be possible as you can do it with other fields.

Thanks,

Mallard27

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I could not get the initialize to work. So instead, I did the following:

Initialized the page to check to see if the signature title field was null. If it was null, I hid the page.

I then added a text field over the signature field that stated "You must fill out the title before the signature field will appear".

I initialized the signature to test the title field for null. If null, hide the signature and show the text. else, hide the text.

I then set a change formula to the title that said to hide the text field and show the signature field.

Last, I added textfield.mandatoryMessage on the signature field to display a message if the title was null.

This is not what I wanted but is a work around. The only issue is that I have two signatures and pages I want to do this too. They all work except the second page won't show the mandatoryMessage.

-Mallard27

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Hi,

You could also try the docReady event, which is the last event to fire as the page renders. This may be better than the initialize event.

Good luck,

Niall

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Niall,

That worked! Thanks so much!!!!

Mallard27