Hide Show button on infopath form

Question

Hi,

i have infopath form with 6 views. on each view i have use 6 buttons for menu navigation. Form stages are from 1 to 6. on stage 1 only button should visible, on stage 2 button 1 and button 2 should visible and so on.

Please tell how can i hide buttons.

thanks.

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iffi

Answer 1

Hi.

I think you can create additional field to keep current stage. Further you can use rules on buttons something like:

if currentStage<pressedButtonNumber then currentStage=pressedButtonNumber ;
changeView(pressedButtonNumber).

And also you have to set formatting rules to show only allowed buttons like that:

For button 4:

If currentStage<3 then hide 

In such case you'll be able to see only allowed buttons, which will be able only increase current stage.

PS: don't forget to set initial value (for example in the FormLoads rule).