I have a button with formula language behind it. It shows up based on the status of certain fields. Will this not work if the fields are located in “controlled access sections”?
I assume this is considered “front end” and I need Lotusscript to do this or populate a hidden fields on the form to access the button?
Is this correct?
Subject: button status
I would create a hidden field and use that in your Hide/When Formula in the button…
Hope this helps,
Dan
Subject: button status
hide-whens, and for that matter buttons using hide-whens do work in controlled-access sectionsDan’s suggestion (a hidden field) is a great one but it (aside) should not be “required”
random thoughts:
in the case where you need to display the contents of the section but render the button inactive except to certain users, you should use roles in the section access formula - a button inside a section will cannot be used by someone who does not have edit access to the section, so it doesn’t matter if it’s showing or not
otherwise, if the section doesn’t need to be seen at all, you may want to consider applying the hide-when to the whole section rather than just the button
if you want to hide the button from editors based on the value of a field, just make sure that the flag field is located somewhere above the button for the hide-when to compute properly on open or refresh
hth