diff --git a/workflow/engine/methods/dynaforms/fields_Save.php b/workflow/engine/methods/dynaforms/fields_Save.php
index b3eea978e..fc0c047f1 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/methods/dynaforms/fields_Save.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/methods/dynaforms/fields_Save.php
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ if (($RBAC_Response=$RBAC->userCanAccess("PM_FACTORY"))!=1) return $RBAC_Respons
 
   $attributes = $_POST['form'];
   
-  $attributes['HINT'] = addslashes($attributes['HINT']);
-  $attributes['HINT'] = htmlspecialchars($attributes['HINT'], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
+  if (isset($attributes['HINT'])) {
+    $attributes['HINT'] = addslashes($attributes['HINT']);
+    $attributes['HINT'] = htmlspecialchars($attributes['HINT'], ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
+  }
   
   if (isset($attributes['CODE'])) $attributes['XMLNODE_VALUE'] = ($attributes['CODE']);
 
diff --git a/workflow/engine/xmlform/dynaforms/fields/hidden.xml b/workflow/engine/xmlform/dynaforms/fields/hidden.xml
index 9c5f2d324..bf6393e6e 100755
--- a/workflow/engine/xmlform/dynaforms/fields/hidden.xml
+++ b/workflow/engine/xmlform/dynaforms/fields/hidden.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ SELECT XMLNODE_NAME, TYPE FROM dynaForm WHERE XMLNODE_NAME = @@PME_XMLNODE_NAME
   <en>Default Value</en>
 </PME_DEFAULTVALUE>
 
-
-
-<PME_MODE type="dropdown" defaultvalue="edit">
-  <en>Mode<option name="edit">Edit</option><option name="view">View</option></en>
+<PME_MODE type="hidden" defaultvalue="edit">
 </PME_MODE>
 
 <PME_SUBTITLE2 type="title" enableHTML="1">