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If/Else Javascript Request - Date Calculations
Hi Everyone, I am working on a Travel Authorization Request form. There is a section that asks for a departure date, return date, and total days. In the total days field, I have placed a script that...
View ArticleUsing Custom Calculation Script box in Acrobat Pro X
I would like to simply subtract several fields from one field and have the result show up in final/total field when a user clicks her mouse in the field. I have used the custom calculation script. What...
View ArticleAdobe Acrobat X: Attachments and Extended Reader Functions...
All, after adding attachments (e.g. PDF documents) to a PDF document and saving the document with "Extended Reader Functions" an error is shown in the Java debugger window: SyntaxError: missing ) after...
View ArticleUnterminated String Literal..?
I am receiving an error message "unterminated string literal" in my custom calculation script and not sure why or how to fix it. There error seems to occur on one of the last two lines on the code...
View ArticleJavaScript doesn't work in Acrobat?
I've been doing a lot of scripting in InDesign over the past few months, as well as a little Illustrator, and I've learned a heck of a lot about JavaScript and ExtendScript. I even have a very solid...
View Articleaccessing active directory
HI. I am trying to access Microsoft's active directory so that I can retrieve the user's login name and compare it to a database on my form. I am using Adobe Acrobat 8. I've read the section on...
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How to create a date field that is fixed upon signing?
Hi, I have been creating a series of PDF forms on Adobe XI Pro that are designed to be filled in using Adobe Reader (hence are saved as Adobe Reader Extended). Once the form is complete there are...
View ArticleToggle visibility of a layer or group of layers without changing every layer
Hi, I'm creating a set of layered PDF maps (in this case from AutoCAD but I use Illustrator and ArcGIS for the same task at other times). Anyway, the layers created in the PDF are named according to...
View ArticleJavascript button fields
Hello, I am using Acrobat X Pro on windows for making forms. I have a form set up that auto fills the current date on certain fields upon page open. I also have a button that changes the date to the...
View ArticleGet pdf creation by using pdf javascript
Hello all, Can I ask how can I get the pdf creation/ last modify date by using pdf javascript? Many ThanksSunny
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Calculations Between Two Time Fields
Hello, I have a form with a Time Field for the start time, and a text field for the user to enter a duration (eg 00:30:00). There is another field for the End Time (which will have a calculation script...
View ArticleLinking to Forms to other documents
I have a form that I need to link to the instructions in a different file. The instructions manual contains instructions for multiple forms, and what we want to accomplish is that when the user select...
View ArticleCustom Text Field in a Dymanic Stamp
Im creating a new dymanic custom stamp, but instead of the date/time, when inserted, I need to then manually enter text into the dymanic text field. How do I change the script in the dymanic feild of...
View Articlepdf javascript in mobile pdf reader
Hello all, I have embadded some javascript in my pdf and the javascript works in PC adobe reader. I find that the javascript does not work android adobe reader, can i ask how can I preview the pdf open...
View ArticleScript to extract all A3 Landscape pages
Greetings, dear community! Can you help me to find a template to a following script:Find and select all A3 Landscape pages in the current PDF document.Extract selected pages to a separate PDF...
View ArticleRaiseError when doing a saveAs
Everything seemed to work fine in XP with Adobe 9 but now with Windows 7 things are breaking. The button script is:var filePath = "/C/";var newFileName =...
View ArticleDynamic Stamp not pulling in Identity
Using Adobe Acrobate 10 Standard on a Windows 7 system I am creating a custom stamp. I have gone in and copied the javascript from the Dynamic.pdf file located here C:\Program Files...
View ArticleinsertPage RaiseError: An incorrect structure was found in the PDF file
Hi, I am trying to build a button script that will create a new document, copy (insert) from the first page of the open document, save it, then close it. I believe the part where it gets tricky -- and...
View Articlebasic date validation
I want to validate the input of a date field.But i cannot us the standard build in function.My customer wants a custom error message when input is not a valid date.But i don't know how to do this.Can...
View ArticleJavaScript Validation to Submit Form
Hi,How do you validate all the fields in JavaScript when the user clicks the Submit button so that if any required fields are empty or any field validation fails, nothing (submission, JavaScript code,...
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