The Legal industry probably consumes more documents, and by extension PDFs, than just about any other area of business.  Would not surprise me in the least if there were already companies with tools for creating legal document packages with all the features that could be desired in such a thing.      ... View more

As Bernd suggests, collecting PDFs into a Portfolio is the same as putting a bunch of signed paper documents into a folder.  So this is a solution.  I think what you objecting too is the presentation. You'd like there to be a way to show the separate signed PDFs as if they were a continous document.  That would be a cool feature. Perhaps another approach would be to create a summary/Index document with links to information in all the separate documents, so they are easy to navigate.   Or perhaps a Legal document management system, like Case Map from Lexis Nexis.    But I also agree that it would be useful to have a way to sign only the page content streams, so that the documents could be combined and annotated without breaking the signatures.  Take this one step further and there could be signed/certified sub-content, i.e., a portion of a page that's signed/certified.  This however is not something Adobe can do directly. Creating this type of contained content certification would be a change in the PDF specification (ISO 32000), which can only be done by the keepers of the spec, The PDF Association.    ... View more

Well, it is impossible to say much about your issue without more information.  However, you say that the field values become visible when you put keyboard focus on the fields. That would imply that the field values are set correctly, but that there is no field appearances. Keyboard focus forces Acrobat to redraw the field, creating a new appearance.     Sounds like your filling applicaiton doesn't create field appearances and perhaps Acrobat was automatically redrawing the fields in the past. There's an internal field flag for that. But that it stopped updating the field appearances in a new update.  That's all wild speculation. Hard to say without examining samples from your filling software.    But you could use a console script to touch all the fields in such a ways that it forces Acrobat to redraw them.      ... View more

Unfortunately a script cannot access other scripts in the PDF.  This type of thing would need to be done with a plug-in.      ... View more

try using just this code in the validation script for 1a, and make sure the name of the destination field ("a14a7") is correct, and that the original calculation script is deleted:   this.getField("a14a7").value = event.value.toString().replace(/\-/g,"");     ... View more

If you have a lot of calculations, then form performance could be improved by using a Validation script for this action instead of a Calculation script.  Calculation scripts are run every time any field on the for is changed, whereas the Validation is only run when the specific field is changed. This solution works because field "a14a7" only get it's value from a single field. So that value can be pushed directly from the source field.    To do this, delete the calculation on field "a14a7", and then add this script to the Custom Validation script on "1a";   if(event.value)     this.getField("a14a7").value = event.value.toString().replace(/\-/g,""); else     this.getField("a14a7").value = "";     ... View more

The XFA form may look like a PDF, but it is not. It's a completely different type of form technology based on XML.  Adobe has taken this technology and put a PDF shell around it.  But the PDF part is just a shell. The form itself has nothing whatsoever to do with PDF.    XFA was repackaged years ago as ADM.  If you want to create such a form, then get the ADM designer. However, the form will only work in the desktop Acrobat and Reader. It will not operate in any other PDF viewer, cause you know, it's not a PDF.    Please use all the code from the examples as you wish.    So now,  the problem you've described is only slightly more complex than the one in the article.  Everything you want to do is doable, but requires the proper data organization and code.   For example, if there are several SNs for each thing, then replace SN with an array of SNs   2022: [ ["-","None"], ["TEST",[SN1,SN2,SN3]]],   That said, maybe a different approach would be better for you. Do you currently have a spreadsheet of all the delivered parts that includes the citys, years, etc? If that is the case then may be a better approach is to keep this flat structure and use a search to filter out the parts needed for each stage of the selections.    You'd need some code to automatically load the flat data into the PDF.  Then custom code for searching the data for the data to display for a selection.    ... View more

The best way to do this would be to use an Adobe Sign form, which gives the author control over who signs and fills specific form fields.   Other methods that use real PDF forms use JavaScript, which doesn't provide the same level of control, and require the user to fill the form on Acrobat Reader on a desktop. If this is a rental form, then the users are probably using phones to fill the form. In that case, an Adobe Sign form is best, because it will work in just about any browser on any device.    ... View more

What "Software" is used to fill the form?  Can you post the PDF?   ... View more

Please explain how this is related to Acobat?    ... View more

The page content in a PDF is fixed. It is not dynamic, so there is no way to add new rows to a table.    For the dropdowns, it sounds like you want the entries in one dropdown to be set by a selection in another drop down.  Yes, this is possible. The first article linked below covers this topic. However, if populating the entries depends on several other other dropdowns, then the script must be a calculation script on a hidden field.    Here are some helpful articles on programming lists. https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/js_list_combo_livecycle/ https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/change_another_field/ https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/List-Field-Usage-and-Handling.cfm   ... View more

There is a way to set a JavaScript requirement in the PDF so that Acrobat will warn the user about JavaScript in the document not running.  The requirements are set with a script run from the console window.    https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/library/jsapiref/doc.html#addrequirement     ... View more

Yes, this can be done by making the optional pages "Page Templates".  Then spawning or deleting pages with a script on the MouseUp script of the checkbox.  The checkbox script will also need to find the required position of the page when spawning.    Page templates are created from the "Organize Pages" tool set, from the "More" dropdown menu.     ... View more

What was the URL used in the submit?   ... View more

Interesting, cause I just provided the correct answer.    ... View more

A simple solution is to write a server script that can be contacted to check for and download a new version of the PDF.  How this is done is not an Acrobat issue beyond the data transfer between Acrobat and the server.  You'll have to figure out how to write the server side, although I would not be surprised if someone was already selling such a solution.    On the PDF side, the server is contacted using a script that calls the "doc.submitForm()" function. The server should return an FDF file containing an URL that points to the new document, or a message stating that no update is available.  This solution will only work for PDF viewers that implement the necessary JS functionality, which generally means only Acrobat and a few others.    ... View more

I agree with Try67 that radio buttons are not necessarily the best choice for resetting the form.  A regular button if fine for this operation.    There are several print options in Acrobat. One of them prints only the form fields.  So printing just the fields does not require turnning off content.  But if you want to do it by hiding and showing page content, then the page content must be attached to an OCG Layer.   I'd use a check box this action.    And Yes, you can create a single field and "Create Multple Copies" on the page at a specified separation. This is an option on the Right click menu when the cursor is over the field, and Acrobat is in Form Prep mode.  However, just this may not get you the exact positioning you want.       ... View more

For the coworker who is seeing the script. What PDF viewer is she using? And what kind of device (mac, iPhone, windows, etc.)   ... View more

Nesa is talking about the Field Properties dialog https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/Editing-Fields-Properties.cfm   And this is for a regular Acrobat form, not an Adobe Sign  form   ... View more

Here's an article that explains how to save files with a script: https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/How-to-Save-a-PDF-2.cfm     ... View more

"**" was introduced as a math operator in ECMA 2016, which is not in the current version of Acrobat.  So, it causes a syntax error, which you can see in the Console Window. Press Ctrl-J to display the console. The Console is also a really good place to debug this code.  See this video: https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/images/video/AcroJSIntro/AcroJSIntro_ConsoleWindow.cfm   Use the Math.pow() function instead.   This is a complex calculation and needs to be approached carefully, with knowledge and patience.  A simple way to break the calculation into smaller parts is to divide it along natural barriers, such as function calls, math operations, and elements contained in parentheses.    Start by creating variables for the field values. Like this: var B26 = this.getField("WetBulbTempFRow1").value; var C26 = this.getField("AmbientTempFRow1").value;       ... View more

You are getting close. But, never (ever) use spaces in a variable name. See this article: https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/PDF-Form-Scripting.cfm Watch the video under the "Field Names" section.    The idea behind reorganizing is about breaking the code into bits that make sense and can be easily understood. It should be applied to both the Excel formula and the JavaScript code.  And this is for you, so you can compare them, not just for us so we can examine the code.    BTW: the "^" operator in JavaScript is a bitwise exclusive OR. Whereas in Excel formulas it exponentiation.  Again, it would be best to break down the formula into parts that can be easily understood and converted, and so to make it easier to catch issues like this.     ... View more

So, how exactly are you saving the PDF to the network location, i.e., what tool or technology is used?  Saving a file should not modify the file. Compare the saved and pre-saved files to see if they are different.           ... View more

I would suggest that you organize the script/calculation text so that it is easy to read and compare with the Excel formula.  I would also suggest replacing the explicit "this.getField" calls in the Acrobat script with variables that match the cell names in Excel.    ... View more

Absolutely, just add another case statement.    var strDash = "\u2014"; var str4thState = "4"; var strVal = event.target.buttonGetCaption(); switch(strVal) { case "": event.target.buttonSetCaption(strCheck); break; case strCheck: event.target.buttonSetCaption(strDash); break; case strDash: event.target.buttonSetCaption(str4thState); break; case str4thState: default: event.target.buttonSetCaption(""); break; }       ... View more

I don't know of any way to control the location of the paste.  However, it is not random.  When pasted to a new page, the fields are placed in the exact same locations from which they were copied, unless the target page is a different size that does not fit the fields. Then the non-fitting fields are moved.  If there are fields with the same name on the page where the fields are pasted, then the pasted fields are offset both horizontally and vertically from the fields with the same name. Or it will try to paste them in the middle of the page.          ... View more