How do I get a numeric box to display sequential numbers?

[Chris_TMC]

My boss has a word document on which he wants to have a numerical counter.

I cannot figure out how to do such a thing in Word. So, I am now working with the document in LiveCycle Designer.

I placed a numeric field where I want the counter to display. I would like the counter to start with, say, 2001 and work its way upwards- so that if I print 150 of them, they are numbered 2001, 2002, 2003, etc all the way up to 2150. My question is, what exactly do I put into form calc to get the numeric box to count up that way depending on the number of copies I print? Any help would be very much appreciated.

[Chris_TMC]

I saw this

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2938435

and I thought this might work just as well... but someone would have to explain to me exactly what to do with it.

I need to be told what to select for show, which language, etc.

Thank you so much for reading this, I appreciate it.

[AKloft]

you would want to initialize the form, then on the postPrint event, do a fieldName.rawvalue += 1;  so each time the print dialog is brought up, you will be incrementing the counter after the form is printed.

[Chris_TMC]

So... what you are saying is that I:

choose postPrint

fieldName.rawvalue += 1 (my field name is "Counter" so I type Counter.rawvalue += 1

choose FormCalc

choose client

and save

(Correct? Sorry to spell it out like this, but I have to explain all of this to my boss.)

What will happen after I do this is that I will open the pdf normally and, each time the print dialog is brought up, the counter will go up by one.

This sounds good- but how do I go in and change the number at which the counter starts? If I want to start at 2001 instead of 1, what should I do?

[Chris_TMC]

I have to be off with something here because it isnt working. Are the += reversed like it says on the other thread I linked to? And am I screwing some

thign up with the name of the numeric field?

[AKloft]

I tend to like using Javascript over FormCalc, but I would think the syntax would be the same:

var currentVal = Current.rawValue;

Current.rawValue = currentVal + 1;

[Chris_TMC]

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[Chris_TMC]

I got a response as an email, but for some reason I am unable to reply via email, it bounced back to me.

But here is my response:

I have made a few things using FormCalc, but I am relatively clueless on that. (I just work with people who are even more clueless on such things, relatively speaking.) I need it literally spelled out for me.

So- when I am on that numeric field I:

Choose: postPrint

Enter: fieldName.rawvalue += 1 (my field name is "Counter" so I type Counter.rawvalue += 1

Choose: FormCalc

Choose: client

and then save it.

But I tried that and it is not working, I get an error. Should I keep it as-is and choose Javascript instead? Did I make an error with including the name of the numeric field (it is called “Counter”)? Should I reverse the += signs? Also, it seems that if it DOES work it is going to start at 1. If I want to start at 2001 instead of 1, what should I do? How do I change the initial number so that it starts with what I want and counts up each time it is printed?

I really appreciate the help.

~Chris

[AKloft]

Can you e-mail me the form at alex.kloft@gmail.com ?  This will allow me to see things completely and develop a solution and walk you through it better.

Thanks,

Alex

P.S. You cannot reply to the e-mails Adobe sends you because they are just letting you know someone has responded to the thread you created. Welcome to the Adobe Forums!

[lokee2013]

  Looks like Chris TMC and I are tackling the same/similar issue.

  I'm using LS Designer 8.2 for the first time and tasked with printing the same sheet many times (thousands of copies eventually, but only 500 at a time.) A unique number is required on each sheet as it's printed, starting with "No: 003001" and incrementing by 1 to "No: 003500". I've created a Numeric Field named "Serial" under Page1 in the hierarchy and have formatted the "No: 00" at the beginning of the string using the Pattern dialog box.  Now I just need to increment the numbers 3001, 3002, 3003, etc.  I gather from this and other posts that a for loop using FormCalc or JavaScript will solve this. Is this the correct approach? If so, how would those lines of code look?

  Any help would be much appreciated!

[Former Community Member]

Certainly a loop will increment a number but we have to determine the correct event for the code. Are you sending the print as a single stream and printing 500 copies ...or are you hitting print 500 times (over time) and getting 500 unique requests.

Paul

[lokee2013]

Thanks for your reply.

In this case I would be printing a batch probably every couple of months when we get low, so this would be a single stream.

[Former Community Member]

I don't think you will be able to do that .....I was thinking that the prePrint event coudl be used to update the number but the prePrint is firing only once for a multi-print job. I do not know of an event that woudl fire for each of the pages that you print that woudl allow us to increment the number.

Paul

[lokee2013]

Hmmm.  Is there any other approach using LS Designer or Acrobat 9 Pro that could work short of manually changing the number and hitting print 500 times in a row?

[Former Community Member]

If you are going to hit print 500 times I can do it .....the issue with sending a single image and say print 500 times is trhat I have no means of running anycode while it is printing.

Paul

[NaughtPro]

I realize this is from long time ago - I just ran across it when looking form something related, so if you are still looking for a solution, try this:

a script which adds records (instances) and sets a value into a field in the new record

add a print button to your form and on the click event put the following script :

// change names to reflect your hierarchy
// present user with a popup to enter their values into
var vCounter = xfa.host.response("What number do you wish to begin at?","number","");
var vPrintNum = xfa.host.response("How many copies do you wish to print?","how many","1");
// loop for looping through the records
for (var i=0; i<vPrintNum; i++)
{
// obtain a value as a start point (the page index)
var vCount = _Pg1.count-1;
// set the value of the serial number field on this page to the number in vCounter
xfa.resolveNode("Pg1["+vCount+"]").sfFormTitle.serial.rawValue = parseInt(vCounter);
// add another page
_Pg1.addInstance(1);
// increment the value in vCounter by 1 (parseInt is required to change the value to a number)
vCounter = parseInt(vCounter) +1;
}
//c all up the print dialog - the dialog values are left for you to set manually
xfa.host.print(1, "0", (xfa.host.numPages -1).toString(), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);

// note you will have one additional record with no value in the serial number field
// the blank form is the start point for the next print job

[wmac_21]

Do you have directions on how to implement this? I am just learning java and not sure how to implement this code.