In your Hierarchy, make sure all of your subforms are included in the
parent page 1 subform (by default this is named "(untitled Subform)
(page 1)"). If the subforms you've built are within separate 'page'
subforms, they will not flow upward how you want.Typically, I start
building lengthy forms with everything 'positioned' and on as many
separate pages as I need, then when I'm finished I set applicable
subforms to 'flowed' and move them all up into the parent page 1
subform.
I have a fillable form for operations teams to sign-off on reviewing
procedures, etc. The form has a table set up with a button to add new
rows so multiple employees can sign, and a separate manager signature
field at the bottom. All signatures are 'Signature Scribble' fields, as
our legal department does not accept digital certificates/signatures as
valid and binding.The problem is, if an employee inserts a .jpeg into
the signature scribble field and then saves the file to send to the next
empl...
Select your 'user' signature field; in the Object panel, go to the
Signature tab and uncheck the 'lock fields after signing' box.You can
also choose to have the user signature lock only a selection of fields.
Hi Casey,You may have already done this; check your Signature tab in the
Object panel and ensure your fields do not have 'lock fields after
signing' selected. It is selected by default when you add a signature
field.You can use this tab to have each signature field lock a selection
of fields, all fields, or no fields.Also, depending on your form, it may
be worthwhile to save it as a 'Static' rather than 'Dynamic' form; in my
experience, this seems to help multiple signature fields run smoothly,
...
My company is divided into separate units across North America that have
varying levels of server access and different types of software. One
particular unit had this exact problem. We tried everything we could
think of, and the only solution we found was to save it as a 'Static'
form, rather than 'Dynamic'. Unfortunately this approach limits the
functionality of the form, but it got the job done.Also, our form has
multiple digital signature fields, so I had to make sure only one of
them (in thi...
You should be able to use the Action Builder to set this up for each
field you need controlled. You would create a new action, 'When XXX is
changed', select the result 'enable or disable a field' and choose the
same field (XXX). You might also be able to set the action to disable an
entire subform, if you have a bunch of fields you need locked at the
same time (you might want to put in a button for this, rather than
relying on a change in a given field).I haven't used this particular
action resu...
Looks like you're covered, so just a note:I work for a company with
roughly 2200 employees. There are only 3 of us who have Adobe LiveCycle
installed directly on our individual computers (not through the company
server). I build and edit fillable PDF forms with it, and general users
open/fill them with Adobe Reader.LiveCycle has been a fabulous product
for us!
Hey Everyone,I have a dynamic form with a lot of dependencies and
actions, etc., and am wondering if there is a way to change the
visibility of a subform from "Visible (screen only)" to "Visible" when a
user inserts an image in an image field contained in that subform?I'm
not good at javascript, so I mostly use the Action Builder in LiveCycle
to get what I want done, but I can't select the image field as a basis
for an action in the builder, so it would have to be coded (probably in
the 'change'...
In case others have this issue, what I ended up doing was creating a new
blank form, then copying my whole page/subform (JHA), and pasting it
into the new form. Everything aligned properly, but I had to rebuild all
my actions.
My Master Page, Page 1, and Content Area all look fine. The fields are
all aligned with the left edge of the overall subform/'page' called
'JHA', and are within the content area, but 'JHA' is not aligned with
the left edge of the content area. The entire alignment toolbar is
grayed out, and I can't grab and move 'JHA'. I can re-size it, but that
only changes how far to the right it goes, doesn't move it left at all.
So the user is saving their own copy of the form after they've removed
all subforms, then reopening their copy and using it as a new form? Or
just making edits to what they've already filled out?I'm not sure if
it's possilbe, but my though would be to have an additional button to
'remove all future instances' (or whatever you want to call it), and
have a click event scripted to change the initial count of that subform
to 0. I'm no good at scripting, so no idea how you'd write that.
Hi All,I have multiple repeatable subforms (with subforms within them,
and so on), and I want to be able to set a field presence (and possibly
a subform border) in the 'HazardControl' subform based on values entered
being equal to values entered in the 'JobTask' subform. When filling in
the form, the user can add multiple instances of 'JobTask', and multiple
instances of 'Hazard' within 'JobTask', as well as multiple instances of
'HazardControl'.I have pretty much no scripting experience except ...
Hi All,My form has seen a lot of edits over the last few months, and at
some point, the 'page' (JHA) moved outside the margins of the content
area, and I can't figure out how to move it back. I'm using ES4, all
software updates completed about a month ago. Here is a screenshot to
show what I mean:The 'page' is not centered, and is outside the content
area/margin on the right edge (and inside it on the left). Why? and How
can I fix it?Thanks!!!!!
Hi All,I'm wondering if there is a way to set up the Save As Button in
LiveCycle to save to a specific location (on a SharePoint team site)?I
have a handful of forms that the company wants to use in conjunction
with an equipment maintenance software program (CMMS); each original
fillable form would be kept within the CMMS database/files so all users
can access it, but we'd like the users to be able to save the completed
form directly to their team site, without having to navigate there.
SharePoi...
Yes, it's dynamic. The whole thing is fillable and flowed so the fields
can grow, plus I have a lot of fields that are dependent on actions
throughout. Here are a couple of screenshots:
Hi All,I built a form in LiveCycle ES4 that has an image in it (not an
image field, just an image), and I'd like for users to be able to put in
an arrow or X or something wherever they want on top of the image. The
image is a body diagram, and the user is supposed to mark where an
injury (or multiple injuries) is on the diagram.All I've been able to
find are threads about using comments in Adobe Pro, but a) my users
mostly only have Reader, and b) the form is Reader Extended, so
commenting isn't...
Hi Folks,I have a form with a whole bunch of subforms with a lot of
show/hide dependencies, wrapped into 2 main subforms. I have a submit
button in each of the 2 main subforms, but they submit the entire form;
how do I change the standard submit button code to gather only 1 of the
main subforms (where the button is contained)? The code LiveCycle
automatically put in for the buttons is: I'm assuming I need to change something in
xdpContent? I have basically no coding experience, any help would b...
Hi All,Just wondering if there's a way to change the default event code
for an email submit button to grab only a specified subform (for
example, page 1) in LiveCycle ES4? If so, could someone please provide
the extra bit of code I need to insert?Here is the existing code:event
name="event_click" activity="click"submit format="pdf"
textEncoding="UTF-16" target="mailto:.... " xdpContent="pdf
datasets"/Thanks!
I was using buttons before, but the users didn't like the look of having
the buttons on the form. Personally I like it better that way
too.Thank-you SO SO much for all your help; you're fantastic!
This is awesome!!Could you add some code to remove the last instance of
Row1 if it is empty/not changed? If we can do that, it will be perfect
and I will use this code in a whole bunch of forms (hurray!!!).PS - do
you have any recommendations on a good online coding tutorial? I think
it would help me solve a lot of minor issues.
Yes, I am using ES4; if you could send me the code (and tell me where to
put it) that would be amazing!!I tried setting the action to 'when
'fieldname' is changed...' but it added a new row for every character I
typed in the field. Honestly, I have no idea why it works in one form
(users have no issues with it, and I know they're not using the current
version of Reader) and not the other, or why it doesn't work for you in
either form.And also, thank-you thank-you thank-you!!!
I'm wondering if it was a problem with the link actually, since I ended
up having a 2 hour call with IT yesterday to try and make my computer
work...Try these links:Form where the actions/tab order works fine:
Dropbox - FRM-AB-003-W-WW-Ops Summary Emerald Bay.pdfForm where the same
thing doesn't work, and I'm probably missing something basic: Dropbox -
FRM-AB-005-W-WW-Monthly Operations Report.pdf
hmmm...sorry my file didn't work.I've used this same action in other
forms and it automatically changed the tab order correctly when adding
the new row, so I know it works, I just don't know what's wrong with
this particular form.Thanks for trying!!
Thanks for responding!The action is as follows (in the 'action
builder'):Condition: When text field "fieldname" is not emptyResult: Add
a new instance of "Row1"The result is dependent on exiting the condition
field.Does that help? I'm not knowledgable in coding...Here is my form,
so you can see what I'm working with:
https://www.dropbox.com/l/s/P7JROAecSqDc9fqhYnrslp
Hi,I've built a form that has a few tables (all in flowed subforms) that
each have an action to add a new instance of the row if the last cell is
not empty. I've done this before in other forms and had no issues, but
for some reason in this form when I tab out of the cell and it adds a
new row, it puts the cursor in the next field after the table, skipping
the new row. My tab order is set to automatic, so I have no idea why
it's not tabbing into the new row.I found some discussions about this
ha...
