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Ok, let's get more specific. Put the following code in any formtool you extend. Such as a simple extend of a This is a sample edit() function for a formtool such as 'string'. (farcry.core.packages.formtools.string). Put it in the function edit() right after the <cfset var html="">. Delete everything else in the function except <cfreturn html>Note that the only difference between this and a function such as display() is the use of super.edit() vs. super.display().

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<cffunction name="edit" access="public" output="true" returntype="string" hint="his will return a string of formatted HTML text to enable the user to edit the data">
	<cfargument name="typename" required="true" type="string" hint="The name of the type that this field is part of.">
	<cfargument name="stObject" required="true" type="struct" hint="The object of the record that this field is part of.">
	<cfargument name="stMetadata" required="true" type="struct" hint="This is the metadata that is either setup as part of the type.cfc or overridden when calling ft:object by using the stMetadata argument.">
	<cfargument name="fieldname" required="true" type="string" hint="This is the name that will be used for the form field. It includes the prefix that will be used by ft:processform.">

	<cfset var html = "" />
	<cfset var jsscript = "" />

	<cfif structkeyexists(arguments.stMetadata,"ftWatch") and len(arguments.stMetadata.ftWatch)
		AND structkeyexists(arguments.stObject,"#listfirst(arguments.stMetadata.ftWatch)#") 
		AND ( 
				( isValid("boolean",arguments.stObject[listfirst(arguments.stMetadata.ftWatch)]) 
					AND NOT arguments.stObject[listfirst(arguments.stMetadata.ftWatch)] )
				OR NOT len( arguments.stObject[listfirst(arguments.stMetadata.ftWatch)] )
			)	>

		<cfsavecontent variable="jsscript"><cfoutput>
			<script type='text/javascript'>
				var el = Ext.get('#arguments.fieldname#ajaxdiv')
				if (null != el) {
					if (el.parent("div").parent("div").is('div.fieldSection') ) {
						el.parent("div").parent("div").setStyle('display','none');
					}
				}
			</script>
		</cfoutput></cfsavecontent>

		<cfset html = jsscript />
		
	<cfelse>
		<cfsavecontent variable="jsscript"><cfoutput>
			<script type='text/javascript'>
				var el = Ext.get('#arguments.fieldname#ajaxdiv')
				if (null != el) {
					if (el.parent("div").parent("div").is('div.fieldSection') ) {
						el.parent("div").parent("div").setStyle('display','block');
					}
				}
			</script>
		</cfoutput></cfsavecontent>
		<cfset html = jsscript & super.edit(argumentCollection="#arguments#") />
	</cfif>
	
	<cfreturn html>
</cffunction>

The <cfif> structure is simply there to check that all the proper metadata exists and that it is of the proper type. Then to actually check the value, you call

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