Hi all - in the end I also used John Brinkman's scripting - it works brilliantly for text, dates or numerials.

http://bingham.butterworths.co.uk/PDF/numbered_list.pdfCan anyone help me with getting my table to sort properly on the date field, sorting by date. I have used a solution from this (or another) forum, but it does not seem to sort, but simply create a reverse order. I need a proper sort - anyone?

I have now managed to fix the problem – it was a problem brought about by introducing a second data source, and not binding the other elements on the form to that data source. The solution is to then configure the properties – data binding to allow unbound elements.  So tick the boxes that "Allow bi...

Hi - I am having trouble getting onto the Adobe fileshare so I haveput it on one of our webservers - I would prefer no toshare the particular file but have no problem sharing the solution. (link removed) I have taken out the links and the XML for the court lists, and taken off the Reader Extensions....

Unfortunately, that is what it already was, although the form is dynamic

Hi - I have a long XFA form with many table and subform addInstances, and they all work brilliantly throughout the form. But when completed and saved, and then opened later, all the addInstances (extra rows, added subforms) have disappeared! What do I have wrong?I have the full Reader Extensions sui...

Thanks Niall - to be honest, if you do not have a workaround, I am not convinced anyone will have one - but I live in hope. As you say, I have seen this behaviour in many different circumstances.

Thanks Niall - is there no workaround for dynamic forms targetted at v8, which all my forms are for several reasons?If not, is this not something Adobe can re-introduce, or suggest a workaround.

Hi - my company offers XFA PDFs for sale online, but want to give the viewer a preview of the document/form - or a large thumnail. This is possible for Acroforms and other docs they have, but not for the XFA forms. I have searched around for a solution, but have found nothing. Is there any way to do...

I have an further question that comes from a user, and I think this mightbecome quite common. My drop-down has 380 entries, which means that some beginningletters might be 30 or so entries, such as towns beginning withB. The user has asked if there is any way to type in the first two or three letter...