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leighh88337524
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October 13, 2016
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LiveCycle Designer V's Acrobat XI Pro? Do i need livecycle for these form functions?

  • October 13, 2016
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Hi

I am new to adobe pro and have created a few forms but im finding they don't do everything I want them to! The functions below are what I would like my form to have - are these only possible in LiveCycle Designer?

To have a check box/radio button to show/hide questions and also expand/contract sections on my form

To have my save as button - suggest the saved file name from fields in my form - e.g. forename, surname

thanks in advance

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Correct answer try67

- File name

You can do one of two things: Suggest to the user which file-name to use, before the Save File dialog is displayed, or save the file silently using the desired file-name. The latter requires installing a script on the user's local machine, though.

For the former you basically need to compose the new file-name and then show it to the user in an alert window.

- Showing/Hiding/Collapsing fields

You can hide labels by placing a white, read-only field on top of them and then showing it when you want to hide the labels, and vice versa. Or the label itself can be a (read-only) field, and then you can show/hide it directly.

Collapsing sections of the page is extremely complicated and can only be implemented if the entire content of the page is located in form fields.

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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October 13, 2016

You'll be better off asking in the LiveCycle Designer forum.

However, the second request can be implemented in an Acrobat form, and also the first, to some extent.

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leighh88337524Author
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October 13, 2016

Hi Try67

can you advise how I suggest the save as "name" using the forename and surname field in my form?? I have my save as button working but I would like it to pull the first name and surname and suggest that to the user as the filename. Would this also be possible when I am using my "email a copy" button?

try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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October 13, 2016

- File name

You can do one of two things: Suggest to the user which file-name to use, before the Save File dialog is displayed, or save the file silently using the desired file-name. The latter requires installing a script on the user's local machine, though.

For the former you basically need to compose the new file-name and then show it to the user in an alert window.

- Showing/Hiding/Collapsing fields

You can hide labels by placing a white, read-only field on top of them and then showing it when you want to hide the labels, and vice versa. Or the label itself can be a (read-only) field, and then you can show/hide it directly.

Collapsing sections of the page is extremely complicated and can only be implemented if the entire content of the page is located in form fields.

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