Does anyone have a script to make text flow to a second field when first field is full (first field has an indent)

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June 16, 2017
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Hi,

I am working on forms that have 2 or more lines to fill out, but the first line is indented. I would like to add a script to the custom field box to have the text continue into the next field when the first one is full. I see some old scripts online, but nothing that I can get to work, and I am not a script writer. I'm wondering if anyone has something that would work? Thanks! [Adobe Acrobat DC, forms]

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Correct answer JR Boulay

You'll notice that when you jump from one field to the next you lose a character.

I just found the right script, the previous one was actually not perfect.

Place this script as a doc-level script:

function autoTab(doc, event, cNext)
{
    if (event.rc && AFMergeChange(event).length == event.target.charLimit)
        {doc.getField(cNext).setFocus();}
}

And place this script as a custom keystroke script:

autoTab(this, event, "NextFieldName");

Beware that the "Limit of n characters" must be settled in each field.

Here is a new sample file that works fine: Fichiers partagés - Acrobat.com

Also check out these 2 topics where you can find more elaborated scripts made by… gkaiseril.

- Debenu's Planet PDF Forum - Discussion forum for Acrobat & PDF

- http://acrobatusers.com/forum/forms-acrobat/auto-tab

H

HispaFam

Participant

It worked for me! Thank you! =D

JR Boulay

Correct answer

Community Expert

You'll notice that when you jump from one field to the next you lose a character.

I just found the right script, the previous one was actually not perfect.

Place this script as a doc-level script:

function autoTab(doc, event, cNext)
{
    if (event.rc && AFMergeChange(event).length == event.target.charLimit)
        {doc.getField(cNext).setFocus();}
}

And place this script as a custom keystroke script:

autoTab(this, event, "NextFieldName");

Beware that the "Limit of n characters" must be settled in each field.

Here is a new sample file that works fine: Fichiers partagés - Acrobat.com

Also check out these 2 topics where you can find more elaborated scripts made by… gkaiseril.

- Debenu's Planet PDF Forum - Discussion forum for Acrobat & PDF

- http://acrobatusers.com/forum/forms-acrobat/auto-tab

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

Here is a sample file: [removed, see below for details]

Here is the documentation: http://help.adobe.com/livedocs/acrobat_sdk/9.1/Acrobat9_1_HTMLHelp/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Acrobat…

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K

katebasartAuthor

Participant

Thank you, that works perfectly!

try67

Community Expert

Not really... You'll notice that when you jump from one field to the next you lose a character. Also, if you back-space and delete the characters in one field it won't go back to the previous one. And if you manually delete the contents of a field the cursor will not go back to it, unless you reset the whole form. These issues are why I wrote it can't be done in a PDF file.