Conditional form fields in Lotus Notes

Question

I try to build an advanced form in Lotus Notes. Some fields should hide in condition to the state of other fields.

I can hide one field by defining a formula for this. But the problem is I have to first save the document, close it and reopen it to see the fields are hidden.

I want that the field is hiding while the UI doc is in edit mode when I change the state of fields.

Thank you!

Best regards Robert

Answer 1

You can set option "Refresh fields on keyword change" to recalculate the hidden formulas of other fields.

This option is avaliable for fields of type

• Dialog list
• Checkbox
• Radio button
• Combobox

Answer 2

Try to use one of the following commands:

ViewRefreshFields

@Command([ViewRefreshFields])

or

RefreshHideFormulas

@Command( [RefreshHideFormulas] ) 

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

You can use various approaches to achieve this. If you use some sort of select-fields like Radiobutton or Checkbox you can use the field option "Refresh on keyword change" to recalculate the formula.

Answer 4

You could use Call notesUIDocument.RefreshHideFormulas but beware of it's greedy resource consumption on large forms.

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