Form with default text when user doesn't enter value

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March 6, 2016
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Hi,

I'm creating a form which I will then export to xml. So if 5 people give me the pdf, I will export it to xml, and merge all 5 into one document.

The issue I'm having is not all the fields are mandatory, so when I export and merge, the columns don't stay the same.

I'm not sure how to resolve this, but only thing I can think of is having a hidden default text to all the fields, so it will have a value even if the user doesn't enter anything into the form field, then remove that text after I've merged all the files.

How do I go about doing this? If you have better ideas, please let me know as well,

Thanks!

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try67

Community Expert

Here are instructions on how to set it up... If you use my method of doing it then you can use the built-in default value property to achieve it, so the instructional text will appear when you clear/reset the form: Is there a way to add instructional text to my text field that will disappear when clicked? (PDF Forms)

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ssidenableAuthor

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Hi,

Thanks for the reply, however I'm not referring to the ghost text. I need a default value for a field, so when I extract it to an XML, there's a value.

For example, Name: (Hidden value: DEFAULTNAME9999). So if the user leaves the Name field blank, when I extract it to XML, the value DEFAULTNAME9999 is there. If the user enters a value, I want the value the user entered.

Hope I've explained it better,

Thank you

try67

Community Expert

So you want a value that is hidden from the user but is used as the export

value if they don't fill anything in the field?

I don't think there's a built-in way of doing that. You'll need to write a

script that replaces the blank values with the desired ones before

exporting, and then resets them back afterwards.

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