Yes, using multi line makes the starting font size of an auto fitted
text field a bit smaller. And in a sense that is a method to set the
default starting font to something other than the regular (even though
it does not give you control).So as you actually wrote initially as a
reply to that answer, it's not a conclusive answer (nor solution) but at
least it's sort of a pain relief. It is better than basic function, but
not perfect.Great if it works for you!
Oh right, that would be a problem then as you set the value of that
field in the postSave event. The value of the field will be changed, but
it will disappear until the next time you open as you don't save the
form after that change have had happened. In that way you could probably
only use a "field flag" on the preSave event, so that the changes will
be preserved.And in the case you put the flag change on preSave you
can't be entirely sure that the save process won't be cancelled... And
then we...
I honestly have no clue how LiveCycle deals with global variables on
opening/closing of forms.I know one way of achieving the functionality
you're looking for anyhow is having an invisible "flag" field. Meaning
simply using a numeric field and have its presence as hidden. Then you
can toggle its .rawValue between 0 and 1 and use that as a true/false
flag for if your form have been saved.However I'm not sure if this is
the answer you are looking for. But it's something
I've been looking for a good answer for this aswell.And as Radzmar
answered, from what I have found it seem that the answer to your
question is "No, any such method does not exist".Personally I tried to
work around it by having a check on the change event and if the text
field overflows I would lower the font etc. However, the font size of
the field doesn't update "immediately"/dynamically when changing the
font for the field but rather it updated when the field was exited (even
though some effo...
Not entirely sure that I follow the blog post perfectly. But to me it
sounds like you simply have two versions of your form at the highest
hierachy level and simply switch between them? Which would be pretty
much the same as the approach I was discussing in my original
question?In that essence it isn't the answer I am looking for, but
thanks for the additional approach.
Hello, my question is quite straightforward, I wonder if the possibility
to reorder pages in a form by script exists?Just as a short description,
my form is sort of a work order/checklist but when finished I want to be
able to reorder the forms pages to create a report.My first thought was
that it would seem as a trivial thing and that there would be some kind
of possibility to change the page number of each form page or something
like that, but I havent found any information by googling
unfortu...
I must admit I haven't used functions that much in LiveCycle, the idea
with the way I wrote it was just an example of general function
syntax.The difference between the way I wrote the function and your way
(which works excellently for you) is that in your case you can't
"impact" your function. Your function at this moment is simply a set
piece of instructions that will be called the same way each time (of
course your variables might have changed but you can't change how you
use them).Let me try...
To create a function to be able to reuse code easily right click in your
hierarchy window (for example on your "form1") and click "Insert Script
Object".A new script object will be created, just rename it to something
appropriate and then create a function inside of it asfunction
myFunction(var1,var2,var3){' just an example 'page1.textfield1.rawValue
= var1 + var2 + var3}(I didn't fully understand the meaning of the date
and event and city and exactly what your function is supposed to do, but
th...
(Even noticed that that purple bar was there already without enabling
the other toolbars with "Esc"). But however, try unchecking "highlight
existing fields" lol
Try unchecking "highlight exisiting fields".In the viewer tab if you
press "Esc" key, you will get up the toolbars as it would look in
regular acrobat. Then in the purple header/bar in the top right you have
a choice to highlight fields. That will highlight the fields using the
same kind of coloring options/properties as you changed earlier so that
choice "overwrites" your coloring of the fields if that makes sense. If
my answer helps please mark it as correct, and feel free to ask anything
else...
I am not entirely sure what goes wrong for you. I just made a quick
trial myself on a numerical field with one button locking it with
.access = "readOnly" and then a second button that activated it once
again with .access="open". And that worked perfectly.Do you have the
console open? Does it produce an error when you press that second
button? In the previewer (or acrobat for that sake) you can press ctrl+j
to open the console for debugging purposes.As the syntax seems correct
and my trials seem...
Okay then the code will be: if (DecimalField4.rawValue < 1){
DecimalField25.rawValue = DecimalField2.rawValue } else {
DecimalField25.rawValue = DecimalField4.rawValue }And to make it more
rigid use full paths to your fields, for example
"form1.page1.DecimalField4.rawValue".And this code should be entered on
the calculate event for the DecimalField25 I would say. (could probably
be used on an exit event of DecimalField4 aswell, seeing it seems like
you do a lookup on that value).Hope this has he...
Yes I suspected you meant it like that but wasn't sure as you wrote
"where to put the minus sign".Anyhow, being in Adobe LiveCycle Designer,
there is a thing called the "Script Editor". If you don't have that
showing you can find it by navigating from the top most toolbar ->
"Window" and click -> "Script Editor". Alternatively press
ctrl+shift+f5.What you want to do is to link your script to a certain
the object (field) and then choose what event it will trigger on (I will
try to explain a bit e...
That is dealt with in the second row of Magus code, if you want to
understand it a little bit better I will try to write it in "regular"
language:First he declares a variable named "amount" which is then
assigned to take on the mathematical absolute value of what was entered
in the field, meaning that no matter if the user enters +6.84, -6.84 or
6.84 what will be stored in the amount variable will always be 6.84 (the
magnitude of what was entered). Then in the second row he declares that
the val...
Okay, I am not perfectly skilled in excel, but from what I know of their
if statements, that code would be written as =IF(DecimalField2 < 1,
DecimalField4, DecimalField8). And that would mean "if decimalfield2 is
less than one, enter decimalfield4 in the field in which this function
is written, else enter decimalfield8."Therefore it is a bit hard to
understand what you want to achieve... It would have helped if you would
have simply wrote two sentences of about what you want to achieve.
However,...
Yes, I think it will be easiest if you give me your mail and I will mail
the example I have worked on. If you would prefer not to post it, you
could just send an PM or something to me with your mail address.
And just to make sure you have everything set up the same way as I do.1.
Do you have the script on the "change event" of the checkbox?2. Is the
Check Box set up as a on/off check box with the "Check" check style?
(field palette)3. Do you have the "On Value" as 1 and the "Off Value" as
0 ? (binding palette)
Hmm okay, that's strange as it has the correct behaviour for me.. I have
no clue as to why it would differ between the versions (I am sitting in
Designer ES2). Do you have the possibility to upload your form and share
the link here so I can have a look? Otherwise I can try make this code a
bit more "rigid" aswell.
If I understand your question, you want to cycle through the same
checkbox and want the icon in the checkbox to change between check,
cross and an empty box?If that is the case I managed to achieve that
functionality with this code in the change event of the checkbox.if
(this.ui.oneOfChild.mark === "check" && this.rawValue == 0){
this.ui.oneOfChild.mark = "cross"; this.rawValue = 1; } else if
(this.ui.oneOfChild.mark === "cross"){ this.ui.oneOfChild.mark =
"check"; this.rawValue = 0; }(the check...
Those lines of code simply refer to a separate script object that the
person who created the form have created. If you look in your hierarchy
tree, the you will find "myScriptObject" furthest down in the hierarchy
(generally) under a category called Variables. This is simply a object
that can be filled with functions governing your form.It will be in that
script object that any code to do any kind of locking actually
exists.For anyone to be able to see what has been done and why it
doesn't work ...
Anyhow, if you want a working solution in which you have the "editable"
fields in the light blue color without too much hassle, I would suggest
two ways to go about it.1. Use the "Highlight existing fields" but do
NOT use the standardized "required" property of the required fields, but
instead do a simple verification on your own on the "preSave" event. The
code would look like: (whenever user tries to save) Is 'requiredfields'
empty? -> inform user that they need to enter the required fields. (...
Hehe, a funny part is that I have actually been starting to do some VBA
scripts in Excel recently, and yes. As they both are scripting it is
quite similar, however the languages are quite different.After doing
some more research, I found an interesting thing in livecycle.Under
"File" -> "Form properties" -> "Form Validation" there are these two
pages called "Color Failed Fields" and "Color Mandatory Fields". And to
me it seems what you want to achieve is in this "color mandatory fields"
page, as...
I still have had a bit of problem even trying to reproduce this issue.
Personally if I did exactly as you stated, made the display pattern
date{MM/DD/YYYY} and then entered todays date and simply changed the
last two letters it stayed as I entered it "2036" or "2047" after I
tabbed out of the field.However, if I changed the patterns to only
utilize the YY pattern, I can get the behavior as you write (entering 15
will give 2015 while entering 50 will result in 1950). But then I can't
understand h...
Oh okay, I thought that was simply a consequence of you only allowing
one alphabetic entry, never understood you wanted it as a feature to
have the "n" autocomplete to "na".Did you miswrite this last comment? As
above you have stated that "I had hoped to limit the 'na' entry to lower
case". Is this simply for the entry? You want the output to always be
uppercase?If this is the case you simply just have to remove the if
statement on the exit event making this.rawValue.toUpperCase() trigger
everyt...
My idea, to be able to keep the blue color was to turn off the
"required" property of the radio buttons. And that the script (explained
in regular language) will -> check if the required boxes are empty ->
and if so notify the user that they must answer them.It's a bit tricky
if you haven't scripted before so there are a few things to learn. My
example was simply a generic example, to make it apply to your form you
have to "refer" to your actual radiobutton list. If you check your
hierarchy pale...
