Obsolete date & time when printed. How can I set this up?

Question

I work at an academic facility which is regulated by the FDA. We have standard operating procedures (SOPs) in PDF format which we need to controlled, meaning, if a PDF of an SOP is printed, I need to automatically stamp it with a "Print date/time" as well as an "Obsolete as of: date/time" which is 7 days after printing. The key to this stamp is that it is automatically updated with the requisite dates and times. I attempted to use a custom stamp, however, it wouldn't automatically update the dates/times.

George_Johnson · Answer

Tis can be something that you implement with form fields and some JavaScript. There is a Document Will Print event where you can place the code. The script could be something like:

// Document Will Print scipt

// Get the current date/time

var oCurrent_Date = new Date();

// Update the date printed field

getField("DATE_PRINTED").value = "Printed: " + util.printd("yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss", oCurrent_Date);

// Add 7 days to current date

oObsolete_Date = oCurrent_Date.setDate(oCurrent_Date.getDate() + 7);

// Update the Obsolete date field

getField("OBSOLETE_DATE").value = "Obsolete as of: " + util.printd("yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss", oObsolete_Date);

Replace the field names in the getField statements with the actual names of the fields on your form.

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