Suppress multiple frames with one variable?

[NoahScheitler]

Hello,

I have a situation where i have the same 3 text boxes on multiple pages. They are labeled as "Barcode", "Non Barcode", and "Indicia".

I was just wondering if it is possible to write a switch function with a single variable that suppresses multiple same named pages.

For example: if the IMBarcode field is present suppress "Non Barcode". If it is not present suppress "Barcode" and "Indicia"

function handleBarcodeAndIndiciaFrames(imb) {

var Barcode = FindTextFrame("Barcode");

var NoBarcode = FindTextFrame("NoBarcode");

var Indicia = FindTextFrame("Indicia");

try {

var test = imb.toLowerCase();

NoBarcode.suppress = true;

} catch (e) {

Barcode.suppress = true;

Indicia.suppress = true;

}

}

If i have 15 pages with these text boxes is there a way to have 15 "Barcode" frames suppress with that single variable? Or am i forced to name the variables uniquely as in "Barcode1", "Barcode2", etc?

 

[ThomasLewis]

Your question is rather confusing. You ask if there's a way to suppress pages but then everything else seems to be more about suppressing frames.

Either way you can do both in OnRecordStart. Also, just to note, if a Field is empty it will evaluate as false.

So you could do something like this in OnRecordStart:

if (!Field("fieldname"))
{
    FindTextFrame("Barcode1").suppress = false;
    FindTextFrame("Barcode2").suppress = false;
    
    FindTextFrame("Indicia1").suppress = false;
    FindTextFrame("indicia2").suppress = false;
}

or

if (!Field("fieldname"))
{
    for (i = 1; i <= 15; i++)
    {
        FindTextFrame("Barcode" + i).suppress = false;
        FindTextFrame("Indicia" + i).suppress = false;
    }
}

To suppress actual pages it would be:

if (!Field("fieldname"))
{
    FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("page name a", false);
    FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("page name b", false);
    FusionPro.Composition.SetBodyPageUsage("page name c", false);
}

or use a loop if you named them accordingly.

[ThomasLewis]

Another way to do this, if you are in fact talking about frames and not pages, is to move all the frames into a group using the Document Overview palette. This is a newer feature of FusionPro so you will have to be on one of the more current versions.

If the Document Overview palette is not up, go to menu FusionPro / Palettes / Overview. Then switch to the Groups tab.

There is a New Group icon at the bottom. Once you name the new group, drag the frames you want to group into it.

Then, in OnRecordStart you would use something like this:

if (!Field("fieldname"))
    HideFrameGroup("group name");

Then you don't have to worry about all the frame names or what pages they are on. So long as they are in the group they will suppress.

[Dan Korn]

Thomas's advice is excellent, as usual.

That said, like I mentioned in that other thread, I suspect that there's a way to set up your job so that you don't need 15 different pages in the first place, though I would have to know more about the output you're trying to make.