import com.sun.star.beans.PropertyVetoException;
import com.sun.star.beans.UnknownPropertyException;
import com.sun.star.beans.XPropertySet;
import com.sun.star.container.NoSuchElementException;
import com.sun.star.container.XEnumeration;
import com.sun.star.container.XEnumerationAccess;
import com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException;
import com.sun.star.lang.WrappedTargetException;
import com.sun.star.lang.XComponent;
import com.sun.star.text.XDependentTextField;
import com.sun.star.text.XTextFieldsSupplier;
import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;

public class HideFieldSnippet {

	public void hideField(XComponent component, String fieldName ) throws NoSuchElementException, WrappedTargetException, UnknownPropertyException, PropertyVetoException, IllegalArgumentException {
		// Get Access to the TextFields in the document
		XTextFieldsSupplier xTextFieldsSupplier = (XTextFieldsSupplier)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XTextFieldsSupplier.class, component);
		XEnumerationAccess xEnumeratedFields = xTextFieldsSupplier.getTextFields();
		XEnumeration enumeration = xEnumeratedFields.createEnumeration();

		boolean changed = false;
		// Loop through the TextFields and search for the right field
		while (enumeration.hasMoreElements() && !changed) {
		    Object field = enumeration.nextElement();
		    XDependentTextField dependentTextField = (XDependentTextField)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XDependentTextField.class, field);
		    XPropertySet propertySet = dependentTextField.getTextFieldMaster();
		    String name = (String) propertySet.getPropertyValue("Name");
		    if (name.equals(fieldName)) {
		        XPropertySet fieldProperties = (XPropertySet)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XPropertySet.class, field);
		        fieldProperties.setPropertyValue("IsVisible", Boolean.FALSE);
		        changed = true;
		    }
		}
	}

}