I have a radiobutton field with three (3) values.  Depending on which button is selected, I'm showing/displaying a hidden field, which is properly working when initially filling in the form.  After submission however, and I want to edit the same record, the correct button is selected but the matching field (hidden) is not showing but it is saved in the database.

I'm having this exact problem, only with a combo box instead of radio buttons. It was suggested that I create another hidden field that is set on the initial bind to the value of the initiating field for the event, put this field first in the question sort order, then create question events to fire off of the value of this new field. Unfortunately, this did not work for me, but if you figure out how to get this method working, I'd love to know!

Thanks -ToddJ

Richard,

I'm not sure that I completely understand your question, so I'll err on the side of giving you too much detail rather than too little.

The TeleNurse field is the hidden field that I want to show when the Status combo choice is In Progress, No Answer, or Line Busy. There are two other choices that should not show the TeleNurse field.

I have three events on the Status field for the three choices that I want to show the TeleNurse field. These fire when the form is initially being filled out, and they work correctly.

I created a new field, HiddenStatus, set it to hidden, set the sort order to 1 (which puts it before all other fields), and set it to pull the value from the query string. If I unhide the HiddenStatus field, I can see that it is pulling the value from the query string correctly.

I set up three new question events that mimic the behavior of the other three events, only these fire off of the HiddenStatus field. Even though I have verified that the field does pull in the value from the querystring, the events do not work to show the hidden field TeleNurse.

Richard, thanks again for spending time on this. If I didn't fully answer your question, or if you need more, please let me know.

-ToddJ

I didn't even notice the question type Hidden Field until AB mentioned it. My HiddenStatus and Status fields are both combos, and the field that should be shown based on the Status, TeleNurse, is of type Textbox. Since I read what AB said, I did go back and try changing the type of HiddenStatus to Hidden Field, with no luck.

AB's last comment combined with Chad Nash's advice in another topic I had posted finally got this working. AB's comment about using the Hidden Field type didn't work when I tried it because I still had the rule checked to hide the question until forced visible by question event. SO, a combination of passing the value of Status to HiddenStatus via the query string, having HiddenStatus pull that value in via the questino rules check box to do so, having the HiddenStatus field type as Hidden Field, NOT having any rules checked to hide the field for another reason (either to force view by question event, or hide from roles rules), and having the question events to show the other hidden field (TeleNurse) fire off of the HiddenStatus field is what finally worked. I may have left something out here, but I am happy to fill in any details for anyone else still having problems if asked.

Thanks everyone! -ToddJ