Work with Hide When on a XPage

var v:Array = database.queryAccessRoles(session.getEffectiveUserName());
@IsMember("[role]", v)

var elem:javax.faces.component.UIComponent = getComponent("contentPopup");
elem.setRendered(true);

1) Set visible property to true

2) create a computed field with the formula: getComponent(Id of above field).getValue()

3) select source tab and enter the <div> tag before and </div> tag after your field code as below, but not to include your computed field

<div style="display: none;">
        <xp:inputText
               id=
               value=
               required=
          <xp:this.validators>
              <xp:validateRequired
                    message=

              </xp:validateRequired>
          </xp:this.validators>
       </xp:inputText>
</div>

The reason for doing it this way is because any other way the required property doesn't evaluate to true

Hope this helps other XPage newbies

Dwain A Wuerfel