Don't print empty fields...?

I need a little help... I am creating a User Request Form and i would
like the form to print only with the fields/boxes that are checked or
filled. I am not too experienced with scripts so i was looking for some
advice and or where i could find out how to accomplish this. Many
thanks!

You will have to get a list of all objects on the form, test then one by one to make sure you have a field, see if the field is empty and if so then set it to be Visible (screen only).
This script is not trivial for a non-programmer. If you want to try it here is the basis for creating a script object that will allow you to get all fields and set the relevant property to -print so that it will be excluded from the print. This is a function meant to go into a scripting object. To call the scripting object use:
scriptobjectname.NoPrintEmptyFields(form1);
Function: NoPrintEmptyFields
Description: This function will set all empty fieldsso that they will not print.
IN: The parent subform. It could also be an element that contains subform like form1
OUT : nothing
function NoPrintEmptyFields(myParentObject){
var allChildElements;
var intNumElements;
var currentElement;
var j;
//Get all the child nodes of the parent element
allChildElements = myParentObject.nodes;
//Total number of element in the object
intNumElements = allChildElements.length;
//Loop through all the child elements
for(j=0; j< intNumElements;j++){
currentElement = allChildElements.item(j);
//If the element is another subform we'll recusively call the function again
if(allChildElements.item(j).className == "subform"){
LockAllFields(currentElement);
//If the objects are fields and they are empty then we will set the relevant property to -print
else if((currentElement.className == "field") && (currentElement.rawValue == null)){
currentElement.relevant = "-print";
//Check for exclusion groups - Radio Buttons
else if(currentElement.className == "exclGroup"){
for(k=0; k< currentElement.nodes.length;k++){
if(currentElement.nodes.item(k).className == "field"){
//set the relevant property for the radio buttons individually
currentElement.relevant = "-print";
}//end function

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