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Saving a pdf without the presaved data

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Hi all. I'm a newbie on LiveCycle and I'm having trouble on saving a pdf without the presaved data.

I'm working a project in which the pdf form must generate a number based on Epoch & Unix Timestamp.

The pdf should generate a number every time a user(s) opened the pdf and when a user decide to close the pdf, a save dialog box should appear.
I successfully created a form using Adobe Acrobat DC Pro but I can't do the same on LiveCycle.


Is there any codes or "Clear form" on LiveCycle before saving to pdf?

sample.pdf - Google Drive

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Well, my fault. Once you've entered the code line press [Ctrl]+[Enter].

The populated timestamp in the text field will be deleted und the console returns null.

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Now you can save the form or Reader-enable it, if you need the save function in Adobe Reader too.

It depends on you Acrobat version, how to to this. In Acrobat XI its under File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features.

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Well, the problem here is, that you'll have to Reader-enable the forms once but  after that you script won't fire anymore, right?!
The workaround is to reset the field via Acrobat's console before Reader-enabling the form.

  1. Open the form in Acrobat.
  2. Press [Ctrl] + [J] to open the console.
  3. Enter the following line and press [Enter] delete the populated value in the textfield.
    this.xfa.form.form1.resolveNode("#subform[0]").AgreementNo.rawValue = null;
  4. Reader-enable the form.

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I opened up the console but where should I paste the code?

Like this?

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I can't seem to make it work, I did put the line and pressed enter but nothing happens. I don't know how to Reader-enabled a pdf so I have a silly question thought I think it's possible, or maybe not.

I'm playing with the document actions; document will close and document will save. I pasted the line that you gave in "doc will close", and bwalah, it worked and I thought I have the pdf that I want but it's not

My question is, is there any javascript codes that I can put on "doc will save" that will remove the code that I put in the "doc will close"? or is this a silly question because I need to reader-enabled the pdf first? If yes, can you give me a thorough guide on how to make that line work? Sorry, I'm fairly new in creating forms in Adobe Acrobat and LiveCycle

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Well, my fault. Once you've entered the code line press [Ctrl]+[Enter].

The populated timestamp in the text field will be deleted und the console returns null.

1354683_pastedImage_0.png

Now you can save the form or Reader-enable it, if you need the save function in Adobe Reader too.

It depends on you Acrobat version, how to to this. In Acrobat XI its under File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features.

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Thank you for your help radzmar.