# Invisibilty of fields

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/invisibilty-of-fields/92421>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, NaturalONE, Natural-for-AJAX\
**Created:** [December 19, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/invisibilty-of-fields/92421 "2009-12-19T01:55:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Norm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@Norm](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Norm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/invisibilty-of-fields/92421/1 "2009-12-19T01:55:45Z")

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Hi,

I’m looking for a method to be able to set the invisiblemode for a field through a natural application.

There are variables that I need to have displayed on a screen for some users, and these same variables at times need to be hidden from other users. I have tried to set the invisiblemode to a variable name in Application Designer but the variable does not get placed in the adapter when I save the layout.

I have tried to set the background and foreground color to be the same for the variable, but if a user highlights the variable with their mouse, they will see the field contents.

I know that I can move spaces to the variable if I have to but it would be nice to be able to set the invisibilty mode synamically for the variable. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks for the help.

Norm

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/invisibilty-of-fields/92421/2 "2021-04-02T14:57:53Z")

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