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Re: flowed subforms (again) - Adobe LiveCycle

Simply, from the perspective of you just beginning to use Designer (on day #1)? The answer is No. You cannot switch to "flowed" and expect the objects to remain in their initial layout. You must put the objects in the flowed order that you want (drag and drop in the hierarchy panel) and size them in the "Layout" panel to get the layout you desire, when using "flowed".

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Re: Using string to designate a subform for the instanceManager - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi Radzmar,I ran your JS script (added a semicolon at the end of 1st line) and got:Exception in line 2 of function top_level, script XFA:form1[0]:SubformBody[0]:SubformLocation[0]:SubformPropCrDb[0]:DdlPropCreditDesc[0]:exitAlso, tried the same without the quotes ("1") with same resultAny idea whats going on?Message was edited by: kingphysh

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Re: Using string to designate a subform for the instanceManager - Adobe LiveCycle

Thanks Robert,I might be missing something--I've never seen square brackets used in the way you suggest. Am I missing something?The subform doesn't have an index[propOptSubformID] It would have an index[0] when it actually does exist. This isn't really an index problem. That would be easy and I think I may have to go that way (i.e. name them alll the same and reference them by index) if I can't reference the object.instanceManager and use its method setInstances() with a string.This might be a c...

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Using string to designate a subform for the instanceManager - Adobe LiveCycle

var propOptSubformID = "8011"var propSubformName = Concat("SubformPropOption",propOptSubformID,".instanceManager") //since instanceManager is object$.resolveNode(propSubformName).setInstances(1)I get:I can't seem to find a way to use the instanceManager and successfully reference a subform using a string. Any ideas? I want to avoid using conditional statements or switch if possible. I have 35 different subforms eachl with 0 instances. I want to identify one of the subforms using a variable (stri...

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Re: Field Appearance "underline" not visable in Preview PDF - Adobe LiveCycle

OK--a few things. I have found that some lines require a min of .01in thickness to be rendered. The default .0069in doesn't cut it for check boxes, and I believe the underline style of a text field, also. It really doesn't perceivably change the appearance/thickness but it impacts whether it will be rendered.Also, try set to "None" the "Background Fill" in the Borders Tab--like in the image I posted a while ago (above). Sometimes the fill interferes with the border rendering. I'm dealing with a ...

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Re: Problem with Subform Instances at First Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

OK--I figured it out--however, I still don't fully understand it.Thanks! kjaeggin for your question: "did you or did you not reproduce this with a simplified version of your form?" I had tried some simplifications, using "Inactive" presence--but that didn't flesh out the problem.I started deleting parts of the form one subform at a time--testing after each delete -- until the behavior went away.Here's what I found:mySubform had a sibbling and a child subForm with the same name and I was using th...

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Re: Problem with Subform Instances at First Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

I'm sorry. I can't post my form to a public place. Even if I could share it, I think it highly unlikely that someone would have time to carefully examine the form (it contains 1000's of objects and has 80,643 lines of XML). Besides, the answer is figuring out what happens during the original layout, that doesn't happen with initiation of a new instance? That is, understanding the form processing better will help to determine where to look to find the cause.Just now, as an experiment, I added a b...

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Re: Problem with Subform Instances at First Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi, Thanks kjaeggin and Bruce,I have the checkBoxes unchecked and the occur element is .Actually, this is the way the checkBoxes and XML have been all along and the results are what what I have previously described. One of my attempts to fix this was manually adding the "initial" attribute to the element (by directly editing since it won't stick in the Object pallet) that the edit reverts to .Also I have tried this is what I really want (max="1") and it reverts to as wellAnd reverts to The...

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Re: Problem with Subform Instances at First Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi, The target version is set for Acrobat/Reader 10.0 or later. Here is the scenerio://////////////////////Grandparent //min="1" Parent //non-reoccuring mySubform //min="0" TextField1//////////////////////Right now, when I open the form, I get: GrandParent.Parent.mySubform.TextField1 (I see TextField1 and that is not what I want) And when I do Grandparent.addInstance(1) I get: GrandParent.Parent.nothingElse (I don't see mySubform.TextField1 in the new GrandParent. Great! that is as it should be)...

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Re: Problem with Subform Instances at First Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi, Thank you for considering my problem and posting your questions. I am not merging data and I have not associated a Schema. No Data Connection has been set up, yet. Any bindings are "Use name". Perhaps this will help:I will call the subform described above: mySubformRegarding this.parent.parent of mySubform can also have multiple instances--but, is set to start with 1 instance (which it does correctly). When an instance of this.parent.parent is added, it does so correctly--without containing ...

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Problem with Subform Instances at First Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi All,I have a large, complex form that has several subforms that I need to have zero instances the first time the form is opened. Most of those subforms that I set the initial instances = 0 on the Object pallet do exactly that--they behave and open with zero instances! However, I have one subform that always starts with an instance (1 instance instead of zero instances). I really don't want to work-around this, as I have done in the past when this has heppened. I want to solve it.I have triedU...

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Problem with Subform Instances at Form Opening - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi All,I have a fairly large complex form that has several subforms that I want to have zero instances the first time it is opened. Most of those subforms that I set the initial instances = 0 on the Object pallet do exactly that--they behave! However, I have one subform in particular that no matter what I do, it always starts with an instance. I really don't want to work-around this, as I have done in the past when this happens. I want to solve it.I have triedUnwrapping and the re-wrapping in a ...

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Re: Need explanation of Subform Instance Brackets in Hiearchy Palette - Adobe LiveCycle

Yes, but setting "Initial Count" to 0 //which clears the Mindoes not change the [1..5] to [0..5]it remains [1..5] The subform does not have any instances until script is fired--yet [1..5]Not existing must not be the same as 0 instances ( Exists(MySubform) === MySubform.count ) = false?(0 === 0) = false?I haven't tested

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Re: Need explanation of Subform Instance Brackets in Hiearchy Palette - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi Niall,I appreciate new features--and your response--however, MySubform appears simply as MySubform until Max is checked for the first time. Then it appears as MySubform[1..n] // where Max = n Then then it appears as MySubform[1] after Max is subsequently unchecked. which normally indicates it is the 2nd subform with the name MySubform in the palette but--it is the sole subform with the name MySubform in the palette ?? Why, the MySubform[1] ?Stephen

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Need explanation of Subform Instance Brackets in Hiearchy Palette - Adobe LiveCycle

Greetings all,I noticed something in the Hiearchy Palette that doesn't look right: MySubform[1..2] The "2" goes away when I uncheck the Max (which was set to 2) in the Binding Tab--however, the [1] remains--usually indicating it is the 2nd Subform with this name. The real puzzel is that there are no other subforms with this name, but this seems to happen everytime a subform Max is set and subsequently the Max is unchecked.Is this a bug? Thanks,Stephen

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Re: Javascript for Export XML Button & Import XML Button - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,I believe that exportXFAData is not supported in Designer. I think you will need to use:xfa.host.exportDatahttp://help.adobe.com/en_US/livecycle/9.0/designerHelp/001341.htmlStephen

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Re: Compatibility with Windows 7 - Adobe LiveCycle

I have had some issues with Reader 9 vs Reader 10. For some reason, certain scripts (unrelated to openList) choke with Reader 9 or below, but not Reader 10. Also, have you tried FormCalc? The Preview in Designer will use Reader on your dev machine to render the form, unless it is not installed or unless you have changed the assigned program for .pdfxml in the Win 7 control panel, I believe.

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Re: Compatibility with Windows 7 - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,It may depend on your version of Reader and/or Acrobat. Using a string in the parenthesys of openList("string") is deprecated. You should try an object reference instead (remove the quotes) as in openList(object).Sooner or later the "string" won't be supported.I use Win7 Ultimate (64 bit) and have never had a problem because of the OS..Stephen

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Re: Adding values from mulitple arrays in a for loop with if then statement - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,I'm still not sure of how your form is supposed to work.I say $ = 0 //which means "this" equals zerobut you say Holiday.rawValue = 0 //which means "Holiday" equals zeroIs Holiday the field that the script is on or some other field?

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Re: Adding values from mulitple arrays in a for loop with if then statement - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,I made the assumption that was what you wanted. So the else $ = 0part of the script does that. What is it you want it to do instead?Stephen

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Re: Adding values from mulitple arrays in a for loop with if then statement - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi, Use FormCalc (not JavaScript). I think you have a "total" field for each week (i.e. total and Monday are siblings?). If so////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// if (Activity == "Holiday")then $ = Sum(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) else $ = 0 endif//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////If you are totalling for multiple weeks (all the weeks), if (Activity == "Holiday")then $ = Sum(week[*]Monday, week[*]Tuesday, week[...

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Re: Populating days of the week from user Selected date. Timesheet style - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,Just to make sure you understand and there is no confusion, make sure you are using Jono's advice for using FormCalc instead of JavaScript. I find FormCalc is much more forgiving navigating the SOM and has really nice built in functions for date calculations. So, Jono is giving excellent advice. I noticed there may be some confusion, because one of your other questions in this forum seems to mix the two languages. Also, dropdown boxes don't behave the way you might expect--so read-up on them....

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Re: Adding values from mulitple arrays in a for loop with if then statement - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,Need more information. On what field and what event are you placing your script? $ in doesn't work in JavaScript (use "this")If you are placing the script on a dropdown box, on the Change event, "this" returns the previous value, not the current valueif Monday[i].value is referencing a SOM object (field or dropdown box, etc), you need rawValue instead of .valueIf you are referencing SOM objects (fields, etc.) using Monday[i].rawValue in JavaScript, you will need to use the resolveNode() metho...

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Re: Multiple subforms in the same place - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,What you describe sounds like "invisible" instead of "hidden". Invisible objects still occupy space--hidden objects don't any occupy space. Be sure to use "hidden" to get the results you want. In addition, What I believe what you need is to use a Flowed container (with hight set to expand) and a script that will change the presence of the different subforms to "visible" or "hidden". These subforms will get out of the way when they are "hidden". As Ida Eve has it shown above.And, if there is a...

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Re: Trying to have a script work on all pages - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi, now I get it.OK, I hate to tell you this, but you should know--it can be done with 128 instances of 1 page, instead of 128 pages. You could create a cover sheet with input parameters, like a field that you enter how many cards and a button to produce them--now you're up to 2 pages total.I don't have time to draw it all out for you, but I would encourage you to think of your project in the way I just described. Stephen

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Re: Trying to have a script work on all pages - Adobe LiveCycle

I may not understand your problem completely. If you want all pages to have access to the same set of 5 random numbers, then use "variables" (that are global in scope--don't confuse this with setting field binding to global). You create "variables" (lets name them: var1,var2, var3, var4, var5) in the form File>Form Properties>Variables tab. Then you reference them (say, from the calculation event of a numeric field) like this:this.rawValue = var1.value; //rawValue for fields .value for variables...

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Re: Trying to have a script work on all pages - Adobe LiveCycle

Try setting it up as a script object--turn it into a function.

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Re: How to create an attribute in a data node - Adobe LiveCycle

OK let me preface this with--I could easily be wrong about this: So take the following with a grain of salt:In XFA, an attribute is actually a sibling of the child elements in the SOM hiearchy--your experience seems to bear that out. I tried manually adding a custom attribute to the XML in Designer and then tried to subsequently change its value. Even though the custom attribute existed, I could not change it through scripting--Acrobat said there was no such attribute, even though it was plainly...

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Re: Change order of events - Adobe LiveCycle

Hi,You haven't explained how you currently hide the button. The way I would handle it is to use the preSubmit event with the following script on the button.this.presence = "hidden"; //javascriptor $.presence = "hidden" //formCalcGood luck!Stephen

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Re: Office 2010 & LiveCycleDesigner ES 8.2 - Adobe LiveCycle

I'm not sure in your business organization, if this is possible or allowed by your IT. On my business PC, I would do a "repair" install of Designer and Acrobat. But, of course, I set the rules here.

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