Thank you Paul, this is helpful.With this command, my JS continues, and then the message appears, a specified time later.I'm was looking for something that will allow the JS to pause for a specified period of time, for example, 10 seconds, and then continue.Your help is appreciated.

I have a button on a form and when the user clicks it, I want to wait a specified number of seconds and then continue with a javascript.What the best way to do this?All suggestions appreciated.

Just learning.....What does the syntax look like for this?if event.target.dirty = .t.{     do something{

I have a submit button in a form and when the user clicks it, I want to check to see if they changed anything on the form. If they did, I will advise them to save the form before submitting.How would I determine if anything changed?Thanks for the suggestions....

Thank you for this explanation -- that helps.Since I have a Date/Time field (SubmitDate) in my form, how would I populate that with the current date and time?

I have a date/time field called SubmitDate. I'm trying to store the date/time into that field, just before saving the form. For some reason this JS is not working.SubmitDate.rawValue = Date.getDate();app.execMenuItem("SaveAs");app.launchURL("http://Adobe.com");Am I doing something wrong?

Resolved...finally!To resolve this I setup a variable (File, Form-Properties) called JustOpened. I set the default value to "yes"I then put JustOpened.value = "no" in a form:ready event (you can use any object for this).I then put JustOpened.value = "yes" in the DocClose event (you can use any objec...

Thank you Ocen12...you reply reminded me where these events are located.The DocReady event is what I was looking for. It's the first event that is executed.Thank you.

Thanks Paul,This is the way I need to go here. However, this is proving more difficult that it first looks.I created a variable called JustOpened and set the initial value to "yes"In my validate routine, I set JustOpened to "no" and then call my function. This does not work because, as you indicate,...

I saw this somewhere...but the brain is drying up!When you create a form with LCD and someone opens that form with the Acrobat Reader, a function is automatically executed. What is the name of that function and how do I get access to it?Conversely, is there a function that run when the user closes a...