Changing Presence properties of an object on a Master Page

Hi....
Question: When I change presence of a subform that resides on (Master Pages) Page1 from hidden (default setting) to visible, I only see it on the first page of the form.
ORT_Form.resolveNode("#pageSet[0]").Page1.SubLock.presence = "visible";
I set the subform to visible in the subform tab and then used the code above (changed to hidden) in the subforms initialization event. This time, page 1 was hidden and the rest were visible.
I presumed that any settings of the subform would be global across all the form pages by being on the master page. This isnt working out as I expected.
To test further...I placed a button next to the subform with the image on the Master Page, with the same code above. I set the subform to hidden and then when I tested, I could make the image visible by clicking on the button on each page.
So, how do I click ONE button and get this image to toggle presence on ALL pages?
Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated. This is not a big deal and if fluff at the end of the day. I just want to understand it.
Thank you
Chris L

Hi Paul...
Ok, so I see that Page1 has an instance of 0 - 4 for the 5 pages. I get the For Loop, which I presume needs a varible for the page instance. Since the number of pages is known (5), I presume I dont need the loop to figure out the number of pages, but incremental the page instance with the known values, started at 0 and +1 until = var=4.
I am stuck on the correct syntax in Java. How to handle the Page1[x] instance. I was able to get this to work in FormCalc easily.
//Loop through all Page1 instance and toggle SubLock (FormCalc)
var i;
for i=0 upto (4) do
     Page1(i).SubLock.presence="visible";
endfor
My attempt at making this a java scriptObject looks like this:
//Function: LockStat - Toggle SubLock Visible
function LockStat()
var i;
     for (i=0;i<=5;i++)
          Page1[i].SubLock.presence="visible";
After several attempt to resolve Page1[i] (including resolveNode for Page1) I am out of ideas. So what am I missing here in Java-land that addresses this page instance?
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