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Autopopulate text field data into another text field?

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Hi,

I have two text field input boxes in my livecycle form, and I want to make it so that if an employee enters their name in one text field box, the 2nd text field box will automatically populate itself with the same name.

I know how to do this in Acrobat (just copy/paste the existing text field box and make sure it has the same name), but the method I use in Acrobat is not working in livecycle.

Any ideas?

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Hi, the easiest way without scripting is to name the two text fields with the same name, EG empName. LC Designer wlll automatically insert instance numbers in the hierarchy, like empName[0] and empName[1]. Select one of the textfields and go to the Object > Binding palette and select Global binding. Whatever is typed into one field will automatically appear in the other, on exit. Niall

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Hi, the easiest way without scripting is to name the two text fields with the same name, EG empName. LC Designer wlll automatically insert instance numbers in the hierarchy, like empName[0] and empName[1]. Select one of the textfields and go to the Object > Binding palette and select Global binding. Whatever is typed into one field will automatically appear in the other, on exit. Niall

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Perfect, thanks Niall!

I had a feeling it would be a simple solution.