Hi,We currently have a dynamic application that presents questions to
the user depending on previous answers (and user class). However, it is
becoming a pain to cycle questions in and out in LiveCycle, as this
requires a manual insertion of subforms.The concept is to have the
existing application, and a larger pool of questions that can be easily
inserted into the application.Can "fragments" help with this? (this is
one area I don't have much experience with)Could the end result
conceivably easy...
Can you save as "Reader enable" a LiveCycle form using Acrobat XI just
as you could using AX? Or must you buy the LC Reader Extensions server
to allow the Reader user to save filled-in data?We currently have AX and
LCD 2, and create forms in LCD2 before opening in AX to reader enable.
I'm concerned that since adobe is decoupling Acrobat and LiveCycle, that
you can't use Acrobat in this capacity.
Interesting, Niall. Is that solution on your website for download or is
it proprietary? I looked on the PDFscripting website, and they have
developed a folder-level script that adds a new toolbar element in
Acrobat that shows a combo box of options (clients, for example) that
when the user selects the form pre-fills accordingly. So I know it's
possible, and I'll see what I can put together.
Hi,I have a dynamic fill-in PDF that I want to "pre-fill" internally in
my company before sending out to users who will change any pre-filled
fields necessary and answer questions we did not already answer.We do
not have LiveCycle Reader Extensions, but we can use Acrobat to import
data from an XML document to pre-fill the named fields. Is it possibly
to do this task using folder-level Javascript or some other method? I
can look into this, and post my findings, but I'd like to know if it's
possi...
I'm guessing that a for loop will do the trick. For any field that is
"open", reset. My Calcuated field is "readOnly". I'll implement this and
post my results.Edit: actually, since my calculated field is on its own
page (no user input there) I'll make my loop apply for any field not on
that page.
Hi, I have a button with this on the click
event:xfa.host.resetData();However, there's one field that related to
form mechanics and not the user interface that calculates a number of
days. I want that calculation to remain after resetting all form fields.
How can I most efficiently do this?Thanks!
Hi,LiveCycle's purpose-built submit buttons don't allow programming so
I've made my own data submission button.Here's the code on the button's
click event:var email = ************;event.target.submitForm({ cURL:
email, cSubmitAs:"XML", cCharSet:"utf-8"});So it functions as I want it
to except that it uses a default subject of the xml file name. It's
going to an email address, not a server, so for the purpose of possible
debugging, I'd like to be able to have a dynamic subject field. Using
the ev...
Hi,In a stage of user workflow of my PDF, the user presses a submit
button that sends XML data to an address. There's an image field that
has hundreds of lines of XML code that has no need to sent. In fact, by
the time this submit button is pressed, the image field is already
"hidden", but of course it remains on the form.Is there any sort of
visibility or access property that will supress an object enough that it
doesn't transfer with XML? How about dynamically deleting a field on the
user-end?
Hi,I have a dynamic PDF that is uploaded to a website. When the PDF
opens, the user has to fill in certain fields before clicking the "Next"
button. Upon clicking the Next button, I have a JavaScript function that
sets certain fields access to required and then runs a for loop to check
if any are empty. The next event is setting those fields access back to
optional. Lastly, a popup window refers the user to the empty fields
(fields are shaded red, but not their borders).The problem occurs for
on...
Interesting, when using the required fields function even in a blank
form, the fields still have red borders even after the user enters
something. Only the following script works: if (this.rawValue != null) {
this.mandatory = "disabled"; } else {this.mandatory = "error"; }This has
to be placed on all fields though, or you could make a Script Object
function and call it from every field. I know in earlier versions you
could "propagate" exit events to cover all fields, but I only know how
to do th...
Hi,Is it possible to programmatically change a form's file name? I got
this idea while doing a function in VBA (where this is definitely
possible).I was thinking of something like
this:event.target.documentFileName = textfield1.rawValue;The context is
that I have a non-distributed form that is submitted via email (I
programmatically generate default email body, subject, and recipient).
But the user can (and does) save the file name whatever name they want.
Now, my forms "know" if they're submitt...
I found out what was causing the problem was my own misunderstanding of
the loop variables. currentElement is designed to be the child of
wherever the function is called from. So I changed the if/then statement
in the function to affect currentElement's parent:
if(currentElement.className === "subform") { if
(xfa.resolveNode("form1.Page1.Page1.#subform.institutiontype").rawVal ue
== 😎 { currentElement.parent.presence = "visible"; } else
{currentElement.parent.presence = "hidden"; } }
Ok I have a feeling the problem lies in my loop itself (as I said I
adapted it from another use).Is it due to how I'm defining the variable
currentElement? I think it's referencing
myParentObject.nodescurrentElement =
allChildElements.item(i);allChildElements = myParentObject.nodes;
Well, my first inclination was to try:SegmentScripts.Indie(this);on the
subform that I want to disappear. This seems to only hide subforms UNDER
it in the heirarchy and not it itself. So it works as long as I have
subforms under it but if it's the lowest subform child in the heirarchy
then it doesn't work.
Hi,When calling a function that hides/shows subforms, I can only seem to
progress up in the heirarchy to parent(s).Here's how I call the
functionSegmentScripts.Indie(this.parent);The problem is that if I place
the "call" on a subform I'm trying to hide, it will hide sibling
subforms unecessarily. If I place the call on an object within the
subform, it erratically flows up several subform layers instead of its
direct parent. Is there a way to place the call on the subform I want to
hide itself, w...
Srini,I have one follow up question. If I only want a single subform to
be hidden (and not its parent), how can I do that? The reality of my
form is that the subforms I want hidden are not all within the same
parent, and other sibling subforms will have a different script.I tried
to call it using these
ways:Common.HideSubforms(this);Common.HideSubforms(this.nodes);I'm not
really sure what to do here; I could just wrap the needed subform in its
own subform (bumping it "down" in the heirarchy) but...
Hi,I have a basic check that shows or hides a subform based on if a
checkbox has been checked or not.if (checkbox.rawValue == 1)
{this.presence = "visible";}else {this.presence = "hidden":}Now, this
checkbox controls the visibility of multiple subforms, so I would like
to have a function on a script object that I can call from each
subform's calculate event.I named the script object "Common". At first I
tried just an if/then statement such as above, but "this" is meaningless
in the function. So ...
So you had 3 rawValues export over? The way the test PDF is set up,
there should be 4 field columns (1 being null). Well, if it's some bug
on my version, at least I have the work around of keeping the buttons
unamed.
Thanks Jono, that site is pretty useful. I published the test PDF and an
export spreadsheet.Here's a link to the radio button
PDF:https://acrobat.com/#d=JE7dTTEv41rIY9UFqy9LBAExported data
spreadsheet:https://acrobat.com/#d=NOR2DMV8WPDV38uvKgvnXQI created the
PDF in: LiveCycle Designer ES 2I reader-enabled the PDF in:Acrobat Pro
XI'm curious if you can replicate my result. I'm afraid it is some sort
of bug.
Jono, I see that Acrobat X has the SendNow function. Perhaps there is a
way to upload to Acrobat.com but it only allows an email address input.
I know v9 had the collaborate Icon allowing for direct upload but cannot
find if on X anywhere. Comment>Review>Send for Shared Review will only
work for non-interactive forms (this example PDF has radio buttons). Am
I missing something? I feel that Adobe is making this difficult to sell
value-add services.
Thanks Niall, I think that is a good practice. But it seems that if I
have an outside object that references that excl group, I have to give
the SOM of the specific radio button rather than the group.
Hi Jono,Can I attach a sample PDF or email it to you? I recreated the
problem with 3 exclusion groups on blank PDF.They all have specified
values (1,2).The first excl group has Exclusion group AND Buttons
named-its data does not appear on spreadsheet.The 2nd and 3rd have
opposite items named (one has to be unamed)-data does appear, but in
different ways.So strange!
Whenever I name these radio buttons, their rawValues do not export to
Excel using the "Merge data into a spreadsheet" function in Acrobat. So
I've just named the overall exclusion group and left the individual
buttons as "untitled radio button".I have an exclusion group of 9 radio
buttons, and other objects and subforms in my form reference these radio
buttons. It's quite annoying to have to use xfa.resolveNode in if/else
statements as it's difficult to keep track of them.Has anyone ran across
t...
I had the same problem; hopefully my solution will be of help to anyone
searching this problem via a search
engine.http://forums.adobe.com/message/4347266#4347266Individual radio
buttons cannot be named (only the overal exclusion group can be named)
or else rawValues will not export.
For anyone else struggling with this, here's how I went wrong:I named
the individual radio buttons on the hierarchy pallete. For reasons
unknown to me, they MUST be left as "(untitled radio button)" . I had
designated names such as "yes", "no", and some multiple choice answers.
RawValues only export for these if they are left with their default
unititled names. The exclusion group itself can be renamed of
course-that seems to have no effect on the issue.Just an example of some
baffling programmi...
Solution:When referencing form objects from a script object function,
you have to use the absolute reference. I thought I could use
Control-click since the script lies on the root node; that was
incorrect. Control-Shift-Click brought the correct reference.function
a(form1){xfa.resolveNode("form1.Page1.....}As you can see, not having
form1 disabled the entire function.
Ok let me refine/simplify my question.I can call the function if the
target objects are in a named subform...but if they have to be looked up
the function will not work.For reference, here's the actual function
script: function a(form1)
{xfa.resolveNode("Page1.Page1.#subform.flowedsubform.contacts.brokeragename").rawValue
= null; }I assume I need to use something different than "form1". Any
ideas?
