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Mike,
I assume you are using submitForm to pass your data back to a script.
If so, have you tried setting the value of a hidden field to the name of the field that the focus was on?
That way when the FDF comes back from the server you can pass back the name of the field you were in to the PDF which can then use it to setFocus as the FDF loads and the calculate event fires.
Another alternative might be to set a global or doc level (may not be kept in scope?) variable to be used in the same way.
Jub
From: Mike Shupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PDF-Forms] PDF Field events and trips to the server Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:14:51 -0400
I am creating PDF forms which interact with my server. I would like to be able to tab off a field and have the contents of the field validated by my server. For instance, we support more date formats than PDF so, when the user tabs off a text field which is to contain a date, I send a request to the server to validate it. I may also runs scripts on the server at that time. To do this, I attach javascript to the format event.
This successfully triggers a command to the server which comes back and the form is updated. Unfortunately, I also lose the focus. Instead of focus going to the next field in the tab order, it just disappears and the user has to click on a field to continue. I have tried modifying the code to trigger on validate or calculate events but this only makes things worse.
Can anyone give me some clues as to how to both go to the server and get the
focus on the next field?
Michael Shupe Project Leader AnyDoc Software, Inc. 813 222 0414 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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