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Florida Clay
Inspiring
March 26, 2016
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There is no OK button on the Create and Edit JavaScripts window

  • March 26, 2016
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I am chugging along on completing a fill-in form in Acrobat XI.  I have come to a requirement for a field calculating a subtraction operation.  When I select simplified field notation on the Calculate tab and then click the edit button, the Create and Edit JavaScripts box opens as it should and I can enter my formula, but the is no OK button or similar anywhere on that box to save the work, as there should be, and if you just close the box the work is lost.  And yes I have tried enlarging the window for the box with the thought that it might not have come up large enough to show the OK.  No dice.

What the heck is going on?

Clay

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May 16, 2022

I'm replying just in case anyone else has this issue. All you need to do is enlarge your menu box horizontally ertically, and the "Ok" option will apear.

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    gkaiseril
    Inspiring
    March 26, 2016

    I believe you are talking about "Properties" pop-up window for the selected field object. and the "Calculate" tab specifically. This tab provides 3 options for performing the calculation. Each option opens a new pop-up that allows one either make selections or enter field names and operations or JavaScript code. Each of these windows provide an" OK" and "Cancel" button to accept or discard the entered data and then returns to the selection of the calculation method. Since the acceptance of the coding has previously been approved or rejected there is no need for any further approval. So you are at a point were you no longer want to  make any more selections so you can close the window since your work is done.

    If you used the Preferences JavaScript to change the JavaScript editor to be used from the default to another text editor, you do not even have an "OK" button just Save or Cancel when exiting the editor.

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    Florida ClayAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 27, 2016

    Thank you for the effort gkaiseril, but no.  As my original question clearly lays out, the problem is precisely that there is no OK or cancel button for the window that opens when you click edit to enter the notation using the second option.  Rather clearly something of the sort should be there, but is not.   See screen shot.

    Clay

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    gkaiseril
    Inspiring
    March 27, 2016

    Have you tried to "Repair" Acrobat?

    The missing buttons usually indicate a missing font issue.

    Is this the only PDF form where this appears or does it happen on all forms you create?

    Have you tried to use a text editor other than the default, supplied, text editor?

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