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Leah31805381ekx5
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November 2, 2023
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Button to export fields from forms PDF1 to PDF2

  • November 2, 2023
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Hello helpful people!

 

I need to create a script for a button that will export certain field data from PDF Form 1 to the exactly named fields on PDF Form 2.  It needs to be a button as overly complicated instructions go over like lead balloons.  Thanks all!

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    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 3, 2023

    You can install it in the quick toolbar.

     

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 3, 2023

    The easiest way is to use data export/import.

     

     

     

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    Amal.
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    Amal.Community Manager
    Community Manager
    November 2, 2023

    Hi @Leah31805381ekx5 

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

    The workflow you are trying to achieve is might be possible using JavaScript. For more information please check the help pages listed below:
    https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/javascript_console/ 
    https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/applying-actions-scripts-pdfs.html

    Hope it will help

    Regards
    Amal

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    Leah289707468b8g
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    November 2, 2023

    @Amal. I am not a coder therefore neither of those help very much.  They are like reading a foreign language.

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 2, 2023

    The easiest way to do that is to save the date to a global variable when exporting, and then copy it back to the field with the same name when importing.

    The basic code can be something like this:

     

    // Export script

    if (global.myData==null) global.myData = {};

    global.myData["Text1"] = this.getField("Text1").valueAsString;

     

    // Import script

    if (global.myData==null) app.alert("No global data was found.");

    else this.getField("Text1").value = global.myData["Text1"];

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    Leah289707468b8g
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    November 2, 2023

    @try67  Thank you.

    I input the following code on a button in Form 1:

    // Export script

    if (global.myData==null) global.myData = {};
    global.myData["CrtAuditPeriod"] = this.getField("CrtAuditPeriod").valueAsString;

     

    And the below code on a button in Form 2:

    // Import script

    if (global.myData==null) app.alert("No global data was found.");
    else this.getField("CrtAuditPeriod").value = global.myData["CrtAuditPeriod"];

     

    Unfortunately it did not work.  Any more tips?

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 2, 2023

    No, you need to better explain what "did not work" means, exactly. Did it copy something at all? If not, was there an error message? If so, what did it say? etc.

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