Re: How do I Section a form??

OK. This can be done fairly easily if yuo use a hierarchical naming system for you form fields. For example, prefix all of your fields in section 1 with "S1.", tso they have names like: "S1.cust_name", "S1.address", "S1.city", etc. You can then hide all of the fields in a group with a single line of JavaScript:

// Hide all of the secition 1 fields

getField("S1").display = display.hidden;

If you include an opaque button to cover all of the section (e.g., set the background to white and make it read-only), you can hide the underlying page contents by doing:

// Show the section 1 button

getField("S1_cover").display = display.visible;

In this case don't include the "S1." prefix.

Do the same type of thing for the other sections. You can then set up a general function in a document-level JavaScript to show/hide any section, something like:

function hideFormSection(section, hide) {

    // Determine whether to show or hide the fields

    var disp = hide ? display.hidden : display.visible;

    // Dtermine whether to show of hide the cover button

    var disp_cover = hide ? display.visible : display.hidden;

    // Show/Hide the fields

    getField(section).display = disp;

    // Show/Hide the cover button

    // Each section cover button is named: prefix + "_cover". Example: "S1_cover"

    getField(section + "_cover").display = disp_cover;

}

And you could call it like this:

// Hide section 1

hideFormSection("S1", true);

// Show section 3

hideFormSection("S3", false);