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I have a pretty large document that has over 200 text/check boxes. What I want to do is create a button that makes a pop-up warning for any blank fields in the entire document.

Right now the only way I've seen to do this is using javascript using an array of every field and checking them 1 by 1 in a for-loop. I would like to avoid this as the array requires you to type the title of each field so with 200+ fields it becomes quite tedious typing them all in.

Using Acrobat XI Pro, thanks.

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try67Correct answer

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You can use something like this:

var emptyFields = [];

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {

var f= this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));

if (f.type!="button" && f.required ) {

if ((f.type=="text" && f.value=="") || (f.type=="checkbox" && f.value=="Off")) emptyFields.push(f.name);

}

if (emptyFields.length>0) {

app.alert("Error! You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));

}

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richbraithwaite

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Script works great - thank you. However if one of my fields equals zero (e.g. I have a box for carriage costs which can be zero if customer is collecting), script doesn't recognise this as completed and assumes zero means empty and so error dialog pops up.

Can you help, please?

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try67

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Change this part of the code:

(f.type=="text" && f.value=="")

To this:

(f.type=="text" && f.valueAsString==f.defaultValue)

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richbraithwaite

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Perfect - thanks very much!

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kyleb90859659

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I am using the below to print only the page that has been filled out to send in. Right now if it finds errors it does pop up a window that shows what needs to be filled out. However after clicking okay it still prints the document. What am i missing to not print if error is reported.

var emptyFields = [];

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {

var f= this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));

if (f.type!="button" && f.required ) {

if ((f.type=="text" && f.value=="") || (f.type=="checkbox" && f.value=="Off")) emptyFields.push(f.name);

}

if (emptyFields.length>0) {

app.alert("Error! You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));

};

this. print({bUI: false, nStart: pageNum, nEnd: pageNum, bSilent: true, bShrinkToFit: true});

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try67

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Remove any print command you added, ad well as the semi-colon at the end of

the code and add this line as the last line:

else this.print();

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Anonymous

Is there anywhere is this tread that specifies how to only highlight required fields that were not completed after using the submit form option? or does that have to be done through scripting at the field level?

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28110942

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put the document level script on "Page Open":

app.runtimeHighlight = false;

Then put Try67's script with Submit:

var emptyFields = [];

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {

var f= this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));

if (f.type!="button" && f.required && f.display==display.visible) {

if ((f.type=="text" && f.value=="") || (f.type=="checkbox" && f.value=="Off")) emptyFields.push(f.name);

}

if (emptyFields.length>0) {

app.alert("You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));

}

else

{

// This is the form return email. It's hardcoded

// so that the form is always returned to the same address.

var cToAddr = "email@domain.com"

// Set the subject and body text for the email message

var cSubLine = "Form Submission"

// Send the entire PDF as a file attachment on an email

this.mailDoc({bUI: true, cTo: cToAddr, cSubject: cSubLine});

}

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srinivasanr92755262

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Hi Guys

In the below script It very useful & it's work perfectly but in the script (text fields & check fields) only it consider other than Dropdown box and List box are not considering. Can you please help me out how to include those dropdown & list box in this script

var emptyFields = [];

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {

var f= this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));

if (f.type!="button" && f.required ) {

if ((f.type=="text" && f.value=="") || (f.type=="checkbox" && f.value=="Off")) emptyFields.push(f.name);

}

if (emptyFields.length>0) {

app.alert("Error! You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));

}

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dewe14

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Hi Try67,

I have set your code into my pdf document (Will Print and Will Save Menu), when I go to File - Print or File - Save warning was appear "Error! You must fill in the following fields" that's clear. But, unfortunately my document was still printed and saved after that warning.

How to prevent my document if field not complete will stay not print or save ?

Quote :

var emptyFields = [];

for (var i=0; i<this.numFields; i++) {

var f= this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));

if (f.type!="button" && f.required ) {

if ((f.type=="text" && f.value=="") || (f.type=="checkbox" && f.value=="Off")) emptyFields.push(f.name);

}

if (emptyFields.length>0) {

app.alert("Error! You must fill in the following fields:\n" + emptyFields.join("\n"));

}

Thank you

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try67

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You can't prevent that entirely. One possibility, though, is to have an error message show up on the form itself, saying it is incomplete.

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dewe14

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Hi Try,

Thanks for response, is it possible if we set disable print menu after alert show or data blank or what ever that inform user that he doesn't complete it?

My document already show alert message and set focus to that blank field, but after that document still printed.

Thank you Sir,

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Anonymous

Hey, does anyone know how to make an app.alert if the required fields are all filled in. ie. one or more characters? Something like, "All required fields are filled in "