There are lots of JavaScript locations in a PDF. Where you put it depends on how you want to use it. For example, if you wanted to make a field hidden/visible by clicking on a button you'd put this script in the Buttons "MouseUp" Action. Thom

What do mean by "old Acrobat 7"? Do you mean an AcroForm PDF. i.e., a PDF using the standard old form fields that you add in Acrobat?For this you use the old "display" Field Property.this.getField("myField").display = display.hidden;orthis.getField("myField").display = display.visible;Thom ParkerWin...

When selecting values off of a drop down list(combobox) you have to use a slightly different approach because your looking for a specific value.Put the following code in the "change" event for the drop down listif(xfa.event.newText == "5") xfa.form.form1.Pg1.Subform1.presence = "invisible";else xfa...

Ahhh, you are not familiar with JavaScript. To do this you are going to have to learn just a bit. In Designer1. select the button you want to disappear.2. On the Script Editor window select "Click" (If the editor is not visible Look under the "Window" menu)3. Add this line of code to the "Click" eve...

Since XFA forms can be dynamic, the subforms can potentially grow outside of the current page. This can only happen if the Parent subform:1. Can reflow content (static subforms don't grow)2. Can also allow page breaks.So these are the conditions under which you can have a page break within a subform...

Yes you can. The visibility of form elements is controlled by the "presence" attribute.xfa.form.form1.Pg1.myButton1.presence = "visible";xfa.form.form1.Pg1.myButton1.presence = "invisible";Thom ParkerWindJack Solutionswww.windjack.com

Jeff, this same strategy will work with Designer Documents. The difference is in the particulars of the XFA Object Model (the actual functions and properties)The following code is uesed to make subforms hidden/visiblexfa.form.form1.Pg1.Subform1.presence = "visible";xfa.form.form1.Pg1.Subform2.presen...

In general, Databases are structured for woriking on a single record at a time. I've worked on database software in several different programing languages and API's and in every one you have to walk the records to get all the data in a column. Designer JS is no different.Here's some code that walks ...

You cannot save a file from Reader to the user's hard drive unless the document has special enabling. There's an article on this athttp://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2006/03/formrouter/formrouter.phpYou can however submit data to a server. Maybe you should consider this route.Thom ParkerWindJack S...

The "presence" property controls visibility. I used this script in the click event of a radio button to turn subforms on and off.xfa.form.form1.Pg1.Subform1.presence = "invisible";xfa.form.form1.Pg1.Subform2.presence = "visible";Thom ParkerWindJack Solutionswww.windjack.com