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Email pdf form to field value and actual email address
Hi,
If you want only parts of the form to be locked at any one time, then I wouldn't move the script object from its standard location (below the root node).
In Paul's example the script object is called "myScriptObject", you can leave this as it is. When you are calling the "LockAllFields" function you will reference the script object that contains the function. That is why Paul's script in the click event of the button contains the name of the script object AND the name of the function.
You can place script in different events for a button. More often than not you are putting script into an interactive event. There is mouseEnter and mouseExit, which represent the user interacting with the button but not actually clicking it.
There is a mouseDown event, which is fired as the user starts to click the button. This is not a good event to script against, as the user has not fully committed to clicking the button. They could move the mouse off the button while it is still pressed, effectively canceling the click.
Two useful events to script a button are mouseUp and click. They are very similar, both effectively firing once the user has confirmed the click.
Over time I have found that if you are packing a lot of functionality/script into the click event, then the first portion may not have fully committed when the remainder of the script fires. This is why I suggested moving the first portion (lock all fields) into the mouseUp event - it gets that process out of the way before the email steps.
So, if you call Paul's script object and pass the name of page 1 into the function in the mouseUp event, this will fire first. Then in the click event you can have your email script.
I have an example of events firing here, which may be of interest: https://acrobat.com/#d=gQsdhRtm*K8xDIzZirfLcw
Hope that helps,
Niall
Hi Margaret,
I am guessing that the forum has put in the spaces in your script(?)
Here is a screenshot of Paul's form:
You will see that Paul is passing "form1" through to the function. This is the name of the root node, so when clicked it will lock everything.
If this form had multiple pages and just just wanted to lock the first page "purchaseOrder", then the script would look like this:
myScriptObject.LockAllFields(purchaseOrder);
A couple of things to watch out for:
- The script object "myScriptObject" is under the root node in the hierarchy;
- That the script object name in your event matches the name in the hierarchy;
- That the function name in the script matches that in the script object;
- The script object name and function name should be different and also do not use reserved words like "node";
- The name you are passing through to the function should match the name of a container in the hierarchy
A couple of things you can try would include setting up a trial button and having the script in the click event, just to get it working.
Also when previewing the form, press Control + J to open the javascript console. Then when you click the button, it will return any problem that is making the script fall over. This then makes it easier to find a solution.
Hope that helps,
Niall
PS Just spotted that the script object is not under the root node. This isn't an issue here because there is only one page and the button calling the script object in under the same node. As far as I know if you have multiple pages that call the script object, then it is better to have the script object under the root node, where it is available from all pages.
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