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I have designed this app that calls a PDF form with form fields filled from
a database over the web by a Coldfusion page. This app was running without
any problem when I was using Ver. 5.0 or lower.
Now I have installed Adobe Acrobat Ver 6.0 Professional. I can still open
the forms over the web in IE and view the filled form from the database with
no problem. However, when I click on "Back to previous page" button on the
web browser (in top tool bar), it tries to open the previous page (which was
a CFM page), but instantaneously opens the PDF form instead?! Therefore it
does not go back to previous page!!
I don't know what is going on? I tried to call this web page via a PC that
has got Acrobat 5.0 or Acrobat Reader, and the "Back" button works fine
there, but in my PC with Acrobat 6.0 Professional, it does not.
I tried to drag and drop an fdf file into IE web browser, and then press the
back button, and it is the same problem!! (if a I do it on PDF file, the
"Back" button works fine).
I don't know if it is because of my poor knowledge of version 6.0 to set it
up properly, in a way that does not call the form after opening in the
browser, or is it a bug!
Please try it once on your web browser (if you have installed ver 6.0,
especially Professional version) and let me know. I may need to go back to
Version 5.0 until this is sorted.
Thanks
Easa
-----Original Message-----
From: Day, Tim G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 June 2003 16:12
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] Force fill-in or entry
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DJ,
Rich's solution sounds great. Here's something I wrote
before I saw Rich's
email:
If the form is submitted to a web server, I think one can
simply designate
each required field as "Required" under Field Properties (Go
to the Common
Properties section at the bottom of the Appearance tab.)
I place a "Print" button at the bottom of each form. If I
wanted two
fields, for example, to be filled in before I allowed the
user to print the
form, I would use the following logic (The "setFocus"
command places the
cursor on the required field that was detected as blank;
this command was
new with version 4 of Acrobat.):
var f1 = this.getField("SSNUM");
var f2 = this.getField("TIMEPM");
if (f1.value == "")
{app.alert("Social Security Number is a required
field!")
if (typeof app.formsVersion != "undefined" &&
app.formsVersion >=
4.0)
// Version specific operation:
f1.setFocus();}
else
{
if (f2.value == "")
{app.alert("Time is a required field!")
if (typeof app.formsVersion != "undefined"
&&
app.formsVersion >= 4.0)
// Version specific operation:
f2.setFocus();}
else
app.execMenuItem("Print");
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Ruiz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] Force fill-in or entry
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Faced with a similar proble in developing our FormStream
product, we
developed some custom javascript that does the following
when the form is
submitted.
1. Iterates through all the fields on the form.
2. For required fields, checks to see if it has a value.
3. If it does not have a value, adds it to an string array
of "missing
values".
Finally..
4. If the array is not empty, build an alert box that
presents a list of all
missing data.
5. Sets focus on one of the "miissing" fields.
6. If the array is empty, the form is submmited.
Rich Ruiz
C3BGroup Inc.
wwww.c3bgroup.com
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DJ
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PDF-Forms] Force fill-in or entry
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Hello Everyone -
Here's my situation:
We currently use a pdf (job specification) form for our
sales
reps to fill/print out and provide to our customer service
reps
to enter orders into the system. Along the way this form has
been less than useful because the sales reps are not
answering
some questions and leaving critical fields unanswered.
Is there a way to not allow tabbing to the next
question/field
without providing a answer selection or keyed entry? Or at
the
very least, when you click a print or submit button that a
message comes up that the form is incomplete or more
information
is needed?
Thanks in advance for any ideas, comments or solutions.
Thanks,
DJ Johnson
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