How do I get multiple lines to print for a blank text field so that it can be filled in by hand?

[RudyLou36]

I have to design forms that are fillable electronically and by hand.  The problem that I am running in to is supplying multiple lines that will print for people that are hand filling the form.  I have tried to add an image of lines behind the text field, but these would get in the way when the form was filled in electronically.

I am using LiveCycle Designer ES2 v. 9.0 on a Windows machine.

Thanks.

[Mandy_Wiesener]

You could use the following.

If you need only one line you can use the following:

• mark the field
• go to "Object" | "Field" | "Pattern"
• click "Allow empty"
• enter ________________
• make a preview
• you'll have a line if the field empty
• you'll have no line if the field have an entry

If you need more lines in one field, please inform me. I have also a turnaround for this problem.

I hope this is helpfull,

Mandy

[RudyLou36]

How would I do multiple blank lines?  Single line helped, but I need to do at least three.

[Mandy_Wiesener · Accepted solution]

Ok.

1. Take a textfield
2. Go to Object | Allow multiple lines
3. Go to Layout | Height | activate "Expand to fit"
4. Go to the initialize-Event or readyform (You have to change the _ for your textfield)     this.rawValue = "___________\n___________\n___________";
5. Go to the enter-Event   this.rawValue = null;
6. Go to the exit-Event  

          if(this.rawValue == null)

          {

                this.rawValue = "___________\n___________\n___________";

          }else{}

With this solution you can simulate the same as pattern see above.

I hope this is helpfull for you,

Mandy

[Jono_Moore]

You could set up a print button that hides the existing fields and shows replacement fields that have the lines in them.

This has come up before but I can't seem to track down the thread.

[RudyLou36]

I keep gettting the following error:

The following error was found with the XML source:

Xml parsing error: not well-formed (invalid token) (error code 4), line 3427, column 47 of file

[RudyLou36]

If you find the thread, let me know.

[RudyLou36]

Now that I know that it goes into a subform, and not XML, this worked perfectly! 

Thank you so much!

[Mandy_Wiesener]

I'm happy for you that it works. And now that you know that you have to use the scripteditor not the xml-source

Good luck furthermore.