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mbabu001
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June 8, 2018
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Need help with sending a pdf form to specific people based on the given input

  • June 8, 2018
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This is scenario that I'll be working on:

The company that I am working for has thousands and thousands of procedures of varying length (in terms of the number of pages). For example, lets assume
that a procedure in 15 pages long. So, at the very beginning of the procedure will require the supervisor initials and then procedure will be sent out for
completion, and, once the procedure is complete, it'll be sent back to the supervisor. I will create a submit option at the end of the procedure,
which will be linked to the supervisor's email.

So, what I wanted to know if there is a way where based on the initials of the supervisor at the beginning of the document, the
"submit" tab at the end will be linked automatically to the corresponding supervisor. Suppose there are 10 supervisors (1-10). Once supervisor 5 has input his initials at the beginning, supervisor 5's email address will be automatically linked to the "submit" tab. So, when the "submit" option is clicked, the procedure will be
emailed to supervisor 5. Is there a way this can be done?

By the way, I do have access to Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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Correct answer try67

Both. Let's say you have a text field called Initials and a Submit button.

You can use the following code as the Mouse Up script of the latter:

var initials = this.getField("Initials").valueAsString;
if (initials=="SA") this.mailDoc({cTo: "simon.a@server.com"});
else if (initials=="JD") this.mailDoc({cTo: "john.doe@server.com"});
else if (initials=="JS") this.mailDoc({cTo: "john.smith@server.com"}); // etc.
else this.mailDoc({cTo: "default_email@server.com"});

If you want it's even possible to not submit the file is the field is empty, and alert the user that they must enter their initials first.

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mbabu001Author
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June 12, 2018

try67​

I was wondering if you would be able to help me out. I wanted to automatically insert the date and the time once the signature field has been filled [image shown below]. How can I do that? What script should I use? Thanks

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mbabu001Author
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June 8, 2018

try67​ wow, this tool is really powerful. THANK YOU SO MUCH! That's exactly what I needed. Regarding what you mentioned at the end, how can I alert the used if the initial field in left blank?

Once again, thank you very much!

try67
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try67Community Expert
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June 8, 2018

You can add this line as the first if-condition:

if (initials=="") app.alert("You must first fill in the Initials field before submitting the form!",1);

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mbabu001Author
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June 8, 2018

try67​ I am planning of using text field. Are you referring to the portion where the supervisor would put his initials or where the "submit" tab would be? Also, if you provide with the script or instruction on how to implement this, I would really appreciate it. Thanks

try67
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June 8, 2018

Both. Let's say you have a text field called Initials and a Submit button.

You can use the following code as the Mouse Up script of the latter:

var initials = this.getField("Initials").valueAsString;
if (initials=="SA") this.mailDoc({cTo: "simon.a@server.com"});
else if (initials=="JD") this.mailDoc({cTo: "john.doe@server.com"});
else if (initials=="JS") this.mailDoc({cTo: "john.smith@server.com"}); // etc.
else this.mailDoc({cTo: "default_email@server.com"});

If you want it's even possible to not submit the file is the field is empty, and alert the user that they must enter their initials first.

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    June 8, 2018

    Yes, it's possible. The tricky part is identifying the initials. It would be best if you could use a text field for it, instead of a comment.

    If you do that then it's a trivial if-else statement that can be placed before the submit command.

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