Auto fill fields

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
May 10, 2018
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I am trying to do up a parts order form in PDF that has the following functionalities:

- auto fill 'part name' and 'part number' columns based on the 'part description' drop down box selection

- populate the 'part description' drop down box with English or German options depending on 'language' drop box

- 2 buttons - one that clears the whole sheet the other clears just the contents of the table

- a 'currency' drop box that effects the sign in front of the 'price', 'amount', and 'Total' fields (no currency conversion required)

I am only new to this level of PDF design, so please be kind

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Thom Parker

Community Expert

You'll find some of your answers on these pages:

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/change_another_field

https://www.pdfscripting.com/public/List-Field-Usage-and-Handling.cfm

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often

try67

Community Expert

This requires quite a complex set of custom-made scripts. I've developed very similar tools in the past (including the currency selection, which is extra tricky if you want to use those values in a calculation), and would be happy to discuss it with you over email (try6767 at gmail.com).

I've also created a tool that allows you to easily set up the first (and possibly the second) features you mentioned: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Populate Fields From Dropdown

lbarton00Author

Participant

Hi try67,

Thanks for the help and yes I would like to get further assistance with this issue. I tried going to populate fields link you mentioned bu I can only seem to find it for apple, is this the only way to do it?

try67

Community Expert

Do you mean the tool I created? No, it can be used in both Apple and Windows machines.

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