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Hi,

No, LC Designer ES is just one component within the Enterprise Suite - there are many more components. The Enterprise Suite is a server based product that can be used to set up workflows. More info on the Adobe website.

With LC Designer ES you can create forms that can be used standalone or that can connect to a database.

The solution I gave would not be user entered. You would start off the form with a Works Order number of 2000 and the script would automatically add a 1 each time it was opened.

However looking at your setup I can see that this is not going to work.

The next choice is to base the Works Order numbers on a number that is generated from the current date and time.

The sample here has two examples: https://acrobat.com/#d=7MTJmmhWCVSfQQir3XwxXQ

The first sets the reference number when the Name field is not null. The second reference number is set when the form is opened. I think the first option would suit you better. The number will be sequential.

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Note that you can shorten this if necessary - just showing an option.

You can also create a HASH key based on the values of several fields in the form. This would be random and not sequential. For example:

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Hope that helps,

Niall

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