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cooler61
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July 19, 2016
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Using Timestamp

I am creating a form that behaves like a time clock. I have used the Mouse Up function with a field named Timestamp and it doesn't work. Should I expect this type of function to work with Adobe? I am a novice, but follow directions well. 

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Karl Heinz Kremer
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Karl Heinz KremerCommunity Expert
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July 19, 2016

We need a bit more information: What exactly are you doing in your mouse-up action? What is "this type of function"? If you want to learn about time and date support in Acrobat's JavaScript, take a look at this three part tutorial:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/date_time_part1 

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cooler61Author
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July 19, 2016

I created a form. I added a text box so that the system can generate the

date and time and input the date and time into a the text box with one

click, so employees don't have to use an electronic time stamp machine.

Maybe my hopes are too high for an Adobe app. I copied the following into

the menu that allows me to customize the box (font size, placement, etc:

// Mouse UP script of a button

getField("timestamp1").value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM", new Date());

Nothing happened.

I will review the link that you provided, but if Adobe, using Java Script,

can't do what I want, I don't need to go through the tutorial.

Thanks.

Claudia

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Karl Heinz Kremer <

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Karl Heinz Kremer
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Karl Heinz KremerCommunity Expert
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July 19, 2016

In that case, use the following script, it should fill in the data when the user clicks on the field:

event.target.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy HH:MM", new Date());

However, this will require a few clicks to get the date into the field: You are triggering this off the mouse-up event. This means that you have to click on the field, and then click again outside of the field to actually see the value. It might be easier to have a button that fills in the date and time information (and in that case you can use the script that you've quoted).

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