Hide fields in Display Form

Question

I want to hide some fields in my Display Form... I was using jQuery:

$(document).ready(function(){
   $("A[name = 'SPBookmark_Start_x0020_date']").closest("tr").hide();
});

But when the page loads, the fields are there.... so the fields are only hidden after javascript executes the code... this is a problem to me... some users CANT see this values...
Is there a way to not load some fields in Display Form?

Answer 1

It is simple like this.

SPUtility.GetSPField('City').Hide();

Please refer this question to show how to apply it.

Edit:

As far as you are concerned not only on the displaying and having high security concerns over the security of data, you better try something like creating another list with a one-to-one mapping. Then add a lookup column from first list to the second list and move the secured column from first list to second list. Then you can give a restricted permission on the second list. This will be the option as you cannot use SPD or even InfoPath.

Answer 2

The answer has already been given.

Either use Powershell to hide the field in Display Form (take a look at another discussion for some helpful guidance or at this page)

#Get the web and site column objects
$web = Get-SPWeb http://site
$column = $web.Fields["Column To hide"]

#Set the PushChangesToLists property for the changes to be applied
#to lists where the column has already been added
$column.PushChangesToLists = $true

#Change the ShowInEditForm and other properties and update objects
$column.ShowInEditForm = $false
$column.ShowInNewForm = $false
$column.ShowInDisplayForm = $true
£column.ShowInViewForms = $true
$column.Update()
$web.Update()
$web.Dispose()

Or Use Sharepoint Manager which is an essential tool for Sharepoint anyway and since it has a Graphical User Interface it is great for beginners too.