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Goit24559688wxkq
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May 23, 2022
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Acrobat Textbox Letter OR Number Validation

  • May 23, 2022
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Any help would be a godsend - I've searched/played with this issue for a few weeks with no luck.

 

Acrobat obviously has built in validation/Format for numbers and specific text (e.g. Date). I am look for a javascript validation or custom format that allows the user to enter EITHER [a-zA-Z] OR [0-9], but not both. Not picky about further formatting.

 

The reason is that the form is calculating values, and I want users to be able to enter text notes in leui of numbers if necessary, but notes with numbers still calculate!

 

Thank you for any help. 

Sam 

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bebarth
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bebarthCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2022

Hi,

Instead of a validation script I suggest a custom keystroke script that allows only to type either one or the other one format:

if(!event.willCommit) {
	var aTester=event.value.split("");
	aTester.splice(event.selStart, event.selEnd-event.selStart, event.change);
	var testeChaine=aTester.join("");
	var modeleRegEx=/^([a-zA-Z]*|[0-9]*)$/;
	event.rc=modeleRegEx.test(testeChaine);
} else {
	var modeleRegEx=/^([a-zA-Z]*|[0-9]*)$/;
	event.rc=event.value=="" || modeleRegEx.test(event.value);
}

I think it's better to manage the keystroke than to check what was keystroked...

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Asim123
Inspiring
May 23, 2022

What if number is decimal?

bebarth
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bebarthCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2022

That was not in the question, but if you need you can modify:

var modeleRegEx=/^([a-zA-Z]*|([0-9]*[.]?[0-9]*))$/;

Or if you want only 2 decimals:

var modeleRegEx=/^([a-zA-Z]*|([0-9]*[.]?[0-9]{0,2}))$/;

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Nesa Nurani
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Nesa NuraniCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2022

Try this as Validation script of that field:

var str = event.value;
var t = /^(?=.*[a-zA-Z])(?=.*[0-9])/.test(str);
if(t){
app.alert("Please enter correct format either text or number not both.");
event.rc = false;}

If you are using field in calculation you will need to adapt calculation script to not include it if it's a string.

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