Blocking form fields before sending by e-mail

[Former Community Member]

I’ve created a form with some fields and button to send it through e-mail. This button should send the form with the filled in information in PDF format and, before being sent, some of the form fields should be made read only so no one else can change the fields contents.

To reach this end, I used the following script:

1. F.Page_1.Button1::full - (JavaScript, client)
2. F.Page_1.FIELD_ONE.access = "readOnly";

..

1. F.Page_1.FIELD_TWO.access = "readOnly";
2. app.execMenuItem("Save");

However, when the file is sent the fields are not locked (read only), they can still be edited.

Thank you for any hints!

[Former Community Member]

You have your code on the Full event .....that will never fire for a button. Move your code to the click event and try it again.

Paul

[Former Community Member]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for replying!

However, when you use the button to submit the form, the click event option is disabled (greyed out).

Are there any other alternatives?

Thank you!

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

That is because you are using a button of type Submit. Thise buttons cannot be programmed. I suggest adding a second button (that is a regular button) and then the click event will be active. Add you code to that button and at the end of your code you can programmatically click the submit button like this your_button_name.execEvent("click") . After that you can make your submit button invisible so that the user only sees one button to click.

Hoep that helps

Paul